FAQ About Leonid Brezhnev
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
The Brezhnev Doctrine was a policy articulated by Leonid Brezhnev in 1968. It justified the intervention of socialist countries in the internal affairs of other socialist states if socialism was threatened. This doctrine was notably applied during the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops to suppress the Prague Spring.
