Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Within that state, the Czech Socialist Republic (Česká socialistická republika, ČSR) [9] was created on 1 January 1969. [17] On 6 March 1990 the Czech Socialist Republic was renamed the Czech Republic (Česká republika, ČR). [18] When Czechoslovakia broke up in 1993, the Czech part of the name was intended to serve as the name of the ...
In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as jména ("names") or, if the context requires it, křestní jména ("baptismal names"). The singular form is jméno.A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch).
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024. [1]
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] and historically known as Bohemia, [14] is a landlocked country in Central Europe.The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
Václav Havel spoke some English and used it repeatedly during his tenure as a President as he was reading several speeches in English. [3] Havel most notably used his English when he gave a speech to a Joint session of the United States Congress on 21 February 1990 which he started in English but after few sentences he continued in Czech and the speech was translated by Michael Žantovský ...
Pages in category "Czech-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 878 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Official names: Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960), Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1989) 4 Klement Gottwald (1896–1953) Czech: 1948: 14 June 1948 14 March 1953 4 years, 273 days KSČ: 5 Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957) Czech: 1953: 21 March 1953 13 November 1957 4 years, 237 days KSČ: 6 Antonín Novotný (1904–1975) Czech: 1957 ...
Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992) 76 Václav Havel: 1936–2011 Czech: 1989 1990 1992 (failed) 29 December 1989 20 July 1992 OF — Jan Stráský: 1940–2019 Czech: Acting 20 July 1992 31 December 1992