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Who credited Dubček with inspiring the peaceful revolutions?

  • Margaret Thatcher

  • Ronald Reagan

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

  • Andrei Sakharov

Answer

Andrei Sakharov, a prominent Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, is widely credited for recognizing the significance of Alexander Dubček's reforms in Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring. Sakharov saw Dubček's efforts to democratize the communist regime as a potential model for peaceful change within the Soviet bloc. His acknowledgment of Dubček's influence helped inspire other dissidents and contributed to the eventual collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.
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