- Both countries resented Soviet rule
- Both wanted to lessen communist control and introduce more rights to the people
- Both events involved the people protesting for change
- The Soviet Union intervened in these events as it was scared that these changes would impact its control over the rest of Eastern Europe
- Both events resulted in the replacement of the leader and many people leaving the country
- The response of the rest of the world was against Soviet intervention (events in Hungary were discussed in the UN, and events in Czechoslovakia were condemned by several countries including the USA
Differences
- Hungary was inspired by Poland's protests while Czechoslovakia's protests came from economic problems and a desire for political change
- Hungary attempted to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and Soviet influence, while Czechoslovakia did not attempt that big of a change
- Hungary had been led by change from the people. However, Czechoslovakia had been more dangerous to the USSR as the government had led change. The USSR viewed the events in Czechoslovakia as more dangerous as the government was meant to be under their control, and yet they launched reforms under the "Prague Spring"
- In Hungary, the people fought back and armed themselves, while in Czechoslovakia there was no resistance
- After the Russian invasion in Czechoslovakia, there were also protests including suicides
- Some other Eastern European countries were upset from the events in Czechoslovakia (eg. Romania complained against Russian intervention)
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