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Czechoslovakia [2] ( / ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə, - kə -, - slə -, - ˈvɑː -/ ⓘ; [3] [4] Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko-Slovensko) [5] [6] was a landlocked state in Central Europe, [7] created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
Czechoslovakia was legally created by Law on the Creation of Independent Czechoslovak State (No. 11/1918 Coll.) in Prague on 28 October 1918 [6] in Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, a physical setting strongly associated with nationalist feeling.
Jun 27, 2024 · Czechoslovakia, former country in central Europe encompassing the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. It was formed from several provinces of the collapsing empire of Austria-Hungary in 1918, at the end of World War I. In 1993 it was split into the new countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Jun 18, 2020 · The area known as Czechoslovakia was formed after World War I ended, and existed from 1918 to 1992, encompassing the historic lands of Moravia, Slovakia, and Bohemia.
When the country regained its independence after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918, the new name of Czechoslovakia was coined to reflect the union of the Czech and Slovak nations within one country.
Czechoslovak history - Velvet Revolution, Dissolution, Sudetenland: 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 States; he did not arrive in Prague until December.
May 17, 2018 · 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.
Czechoslovak history, history of the region comprising the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia from prehistoric times through their federation, under the name Czechoslovakia, during 1918–92.
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia [1] was a country in Europe. It split off from Austria-Hungary in 1918 and split apart in 1993. In mid-1938 Nazi Germany took over Czechoslovakia and split off Slovakia. Sudetenland was annexed by Germany, other parts of Czechia became its protectorate named Bohemia and Moravia.
This friendship, however, was strained by the tensions of the Cold War as Czechoslovakian foreign policy from 1948-89 was the prerogative of the Soviet Union. National flag of Czechoslovakia, which was adopted by the Czech Republic in 1992.
