Czechoslovak

Of a dissolved state

Czechoslovak refers to the former nation of Czechoslovakia or its people, language, and culture.

The country existed from 1918 to 1992, when it peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

As a noun, a Czechoslovak is a person from that country: My grandfather was a Czechoslovak who emigrated after the war.

historical

Bohemia

Central European historical region

  • MoraviaCentral European historical region
  • SlovakiaLandlocked Carpathian republic
  • PragueCzech Republic's chief city

Bratislava · Habsburg · Austria-Hungary · 1918 · 1993 · interwar · federation · dissolution · partition · Cold War

political

communism

Collective ownership system

Soviet invasion · Charter 77 · Warsaw Pact · socialism · dissidents · normalization · totalitarian · democratic transition · federalism · nationalism

cultural

Kafka

Czech-Jewish literary surname

cinema · literature · Budweiser · folk traditions · Slavic · multilingual · bilingual · national identity · heritage · architecture

geographic

Central Europe

Continent's middle zone

borderlands · Sudetenland · buffer state · continental · temperate · forests · spa towns · castles · rivers · highlands

ethnic

Hungarian minority

Ethnic Magyars in other countries

coexistence · language rights · minority rights · assimilation · nationalism · identity · diaspora · emigration

Opposites
political existence

CzechoslovakCzech

Of Prague's homeland

Slovak · contemporary · current · separated · divided

national specificity

CzechoslovakCzech

Of Prague's homeland

Slovak · Bohemian · Moravian · singular

historical political alignment

CzechoslovakWest German

Pre-1990 divided nation's westerner

Austrian · American · Western

Family

Czechoslovakia

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