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After the 1948 elections in Czechoslovakia, the communists became the largest party in the government. The new Prime Minister, Klement Gottwald, soon banned all opposition. In 1968 Czechoslovakia underwent a period of liberalisation similar to the Hungarian Revolution after .a liberal called Alexander Dubcek became leader of the Czech Communist Party. This "Prague Spring" was also similarly dealt with by the USSR.