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Czechoslovakia, former country in central Europe encompassing the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. Czechoslovakia was formed from several provinces of the collapsing empire of Austria-Hungary in 1918, at the end of World War I.
Linguistic map of Czechoslovakia in 1930. The new country was a multi-ethnic state, with Czechs and Slovaks as constituent peoples. The population consisted of Czechs (51%), Slovaks (16%), Germans (22%), Hungarians (5%) and Rusyns (4%). [17]
Czechoslovakia. Type: sovereign state. Description: country in Central Europe, 1918–1992. Neighbors: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Category: historical country. Location: Central Europe, Europe. Wikidata ID. Q33946.
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992 (with a government-in-exile during the World War II period).
Map of Czechoslovakia. History of Czechoslovakia. The idea of combining the Czechs and Slovaks, which were two separate brotherly and ethnicly separate nations that had lived since centuries, as a single state, was introduced in the 19th century, but could only be realized after the First World War.
The region is in Europe, surrounded by Austria, Germany, Poland, and Hungary. The area that was called Czechoslovakia was formed after World War I ended, and existed from 1918 to 1992, encompassing the historic lands of Moravia, Slovakia, and Bohemia.
Czechoslovakia Map of Czechoslovakia (1918–92). 2 of 2. Tomáš Masaryk Tomáš Masaryk, painting by Vojtěch Hynais, 1919; in the Národní Galerie, Prague. When the new country of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed on Oct. 28, 1918, its leaders were still in exile. Masaryk was chosen as president on November 14, while he was still in the United ...
This article, about Czechoslovak history, describes the history of the region consisting of the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia from prehistoric times through their federation, under the name Czechoslovakia, from 1918 to 1992.
Czechoslovakia (chĕk´ōslōväk´ēə), Czech Československo (chĕs´kōslōvĕn´skō), former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central Europe. On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic [1] and the Slovak Republic (see Slovakia [2]) became independent states and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist.
Media in category "Maps of Czechoslovakia". The following 98 files are in this category, out of 98 total. "Czechaslovakia" (Heart of Europe) - NARA - 514101.jpg 3,000 × 1,914; 1.14 MB.