August is known as an explosive month in Russian history. But in recent years, the country’s citizens don’t seem too keen on celebrating numerous anniversaries that are joyful for some but shameful and tragic for others. This August, besides commemorating the putsch of 1991 and the financial default of 1998, there is an even “rounder” anniversary – forty years since the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. Few know much about this event, but those who do would rather forget.
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