Czechoslovakia
Prague's former nation
Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992, formed after World War I from territories of the dissolved Austro-Hungarian Empire.
It comprised the Czech lands (Bohemia and Moravia) and Slovakia.
The country peacefully dissolved into two independent nations—the Czech Republic and Slovakia—in what became known as the Velvet Divorce: My grandmother grew up in Czechoslovakia before the split.
Czech Republic's chief city
- BratislavaSlovakia's chief city
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- SudetenlandCzech border territory, 1938
- DanubeMajor Central European river
Soviet-led military alliance
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Prague Spring1968 Czechoslovak reform period
- Charter 77Czech dissident manifesto
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
secret police · normalization · samizdat · dissidents · show trials · central planning · one-party state · nationalization
Four-digit date
- Velvet RevolutionCzechoslovakia's nonviolent 1989 transition
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
Czech Romantic composer
European imperial dynasty
- Austro-HungarianFormer Central European empire
- Munich Agreement1938 Czechoslovakia partition treaty
- ProtectorateCromwell's republican England
- interwarBetween major conflicts
Former South Slav federation
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
- Austria-HungaryFormer Central European empire
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
Ottoman Empire · German Democratic Republic · Weimar Republic
Prague
Czech Republic's chief city
- BratislavaSlovakia's chief city
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- SudetenlandCzech border territory, 1938
Danube · Carpathians · Brno
Warsaw Pact
Soviet-led military alliance
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Prague Spring1968 Czechoslovak reform period
- Charter 77Czech dissident manifesto
collectivization · secret police · normalization · samizdat · dissidents · show trials · central planning · one-party state · nationalization
1993
Four-digit date
- Velvet RevolutionCzechoslovakia's nonviolent 1989 transition
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
partition · federalization · self-determination · Slovakia · Klaus
Dvořák
Czech Romantic composer
Habsburg
European imperial dynasty
- Austro-HungarianFormer Central European empire
- Munich Agreement1938 Czechoslovakia partition treaty
- ProtectorateCromwell's republican England
Yugoslavia
Former South Slav federation
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
- Austria-HungaryFormer Central European empire
Prussia · Ottoman Empire · German Democratic Republic · Weimar Republic
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Former RepublicsRoman Republic, Dutch Republic, Weimar Republic, Soviet Union, USSR
- Historical PlacesUSSR, Persia, Prussia, Siam, Burma
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- Former StatesPrussia, Austria-Hungary, Soviet Union, Byzantine Empire, East Germany
- WWII AlliesAllied Powers, United States, United Kingdom, Britain, France
CzechoslovakiaWest Germany
Postwar democratic German state
Czech Republic · Slovakia · France · United Kingdom · Western Europe
CzechoslovakiaGerman reunification
Merging of divided nation
reunification · European Union · union · consolidation · Germany