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History of Czechoslovakia. With the collapse of the Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I, the independent country of Czechoslovakia [ 1] ( Czech, Slovak: Československo) was formed as a result of the critical intervention of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, among others.
History of the Czech lands. The history of the Czech lands – an area roughly corresponding to the present-day Czech Republic – starts approximately 800 years BCE. A simple chopper from that age was discovered at the Red Hill ( Czech: Červený kopec) archeological site in Brno. [1]
A government-in-exilecontinued to exist in London, supported by the United Kingdom, United States and their Allies; after the German invasion of Soviet Union, it was also recognized by the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia adhered to the Declaration by United Nationsand was a founding member of the United Nations.
History of Czechoslovakia. The First Czechoslovak Republic emerged from the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in October 1918. The new state consisted mostly of territories inhabited by Czechs and Slovaks, but also included areas containing majority populations of other nationalities, particularly Germans (22.95 %), who accounted for more ...
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, [14] it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
Early history. The ancestors of the Czechs and the Slovaks were united in the so-called Samo's Empire for about 30 years in the 7th century. The ancestors of the Slovaks and the Moravians were later united in Great Moravia between 833 and 907. The Czechs were part of Great Moravia for only about seven years before they split from it in 895.
Invited Cyril and Methodius. First written record in Annales Fuldenses (9th century). 3. Slavomír. 871 (interim) Led a revolt against the Franks who had annexed Moravia during the incarceration of his relative, Svatopluk I. First written record in Annales Fuldenses (9th century). 4A. Svatopluk I.
From the Communist coup d'état in February 1948 to the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Czechoslovakia was ruled by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech: Komunistická strana Československa, KSČ ). The country belonged to the Eastern Bloc and was a member of the Warsaw Pact and of Comecon. During the era of Communist Party rule, thousands ...