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Czechoslovak Hockey Riots were a short lived series of protests, mildly violent on occasion (several people were injured), that took place in response to a
Ice Hockey World Championships game in 1969.
After Soviet invasion into Czechoslovakia political ideals of
Prague Spring were slowly but steadily replaced by politics of accommodation to demands of
Soviet Union. People in Czechoslovakia, unable to find other ways to express their opinion, reacted with few very visible but ultimately ineffective manifestations of disagreement.
On March 21 and 28, 1969, the
Czechoslovak national
ice-hockey team beat the
Soviet team in the first round of the
World Championships in
Stockholm. Throughout
Czechoslovakia, possibly 500,000 fans crowded the streets of their cities to celebrate the win. In some places, particularly
Prague, the celebrations turned to protests against the
Soviet military who continued to occupy the country after the
Warsaw Pact invasion the previous August. While the majority of these demonstrations were peaceful, some turned violent as protesters attacked Soviet military units. In Prague, protesters ransacked the Soviet
Aeroflot office, though some have suggested they were encouraged by
State Security agents.
The protests were suppressed by Czechoslovak military and police, now under full control of the hardliners from the Communist Party. The events were used as a pretext to oust remaining leaders symbolizing Prague Spring from power. Among them,
Alexander Dubček was forced to resign as First Secretary of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, to be replaced by
Gustáv Husák who started politics of "
normalisation".
No active protests against presence of Soviet troops had occurred afterwards, the society became entirely passive and accommodated the situation. During years of normalisation citizens of Czechoslovakia saw hockey matches with Soviet Union as quiet, symbolic way of protest. Police forces were regularly set on alert but never got a chance to be used.
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