Gustáv Husák and Alexander Dubček - two Slovak politicians who determined Slovak politics in the second half of the 20th century. The circumstances from which they emerged: Husák - a half-orphan, worked his way up through his own tenacity; how he came to left-wing ideas; Dubček - son of a pre-war communist; Interhelpo; residence in Kyrgyzstan; what shaped him. Husák as a student and student official; general secretary of the Union of Slovak Students (ZSŠ), contributor to Šíp magazine; relation to davists. Under what circumstances did Dubček return from the USSR? What were his first steps in Czechoslovakia? Husák's activities during the Second World War, his stagnation during the SNP. Activities after the war: under what circumstances and why did he become the chairman of the Board of Trustees? Why, when the Democrats won in the 1946 election, the leadership of the Board of Commissioners was given to the Communists? What were the three Prague agreements about? The trial of the bourgeois nationalists. Why did Husák fall into it? The relationship between Husák and Vladimír Clementis. The trial with Husák. How did the careers of Husák and Dubček develop in the 1950s? How did Dubček climb the power ladder in the 1950s? What qualities allowed him to do this? Husák was amnestied in 1960, but he was not civilly rehabilitated until 1963. How did they perceive him? Was he competition for others? Antonín Novotný did not want to let him into politics. Husák's work: Institute of State and Law, articles in Cultural Life, testimony about SNP and similar. In 1963, Dubček became the head of the KSS. When and under what circumstances did he start fighting with Antonín Novotný? Antonín Novotný's scandalous visit to Matica Slovak in 1967 or the beginning of his downfall. What were the circumstances of the January plenum of the Central Committee of the KSČ, at which Dubček was elected as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the KSČ? Dubček and the revival process. What was Dubček's tactics? Why didn't he take countermeasures after Dresden? Did you think it would last? Čierna nad Tisov and later Komárno - the last warning? Who promoted Husák as deputy prime minister? His influence began to grow after the "capture of Moscow". What interested him? Pragmatism? By the fact that he greatly surpassed others from the (worker-peasant) government? Why did the Soviets choose him? How was Dubček's downfall coming? April plenum of 1969, Dubček was replaced by Husák, (Milan Hübl supported him then.) Why did Husák let Milan Hübl and Vilém Prečan fall? Dubček first as chairman of FZ after Petr Colotek, and then as ambassador in Ankara; that was undignified. Why did he do it? Husák at the time of normalization: what was his political background? (He supported Petr Colotka, but not many others.) He didn't have the strength, he didn't have the will, was he a cynic and a pragmatist? What was his relationship with Vasil Biľak - the handwritten letter from Lán on his 60th birthday was way above protocol. Were they allies or rivals? What circumstances preceded his fall, or leaving the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1987? Why was he replaced by Miloš Jakeš and not, say, Lubomír Štrougal? Questionable Lessons from the crisis period were not possible, because the whole normalization set drew legitimacy from it, and not even perestroika changed anything about that. Dubček and his honorary doctorate in Bologna 1988. Dubček after 1989 You can financially support the published videos by contributing to the account: SK92 7500 0000 0003 2623 8393, or using the Patreon service: / romanmichelko Don't forget to visit my Facebook page and the website Veci Verejné: / veciverejne. romana.michelka https://veci-verejne.sk/ #VeciVerejné #Husák #Dubček