Cosmos Tour: Prague Vienna Budapest – 20th Century Czechoslovakia
By stan. Filed in Cosmos Prague Vienna Budapest, Czech Republic, Europe, History, Prague, Russia, Slovak Republic |
After WWI, in 1918, the victors carved up a new map of Europe. Creating something that they called Czechoslovakia, they sewed together parts of countries. The people who now spoke four different languages did not share a common background.
After WWII, it became part of the Soviet Bloc. In 1968, there was a brief period of liberalization called the “Prague Spring”. The underground movement against their government was not successful and Soviet tanks rolled in.
However by 1989, the Velvet Revolution (during the fall of communism), it finally became free and democratic again. Finally in 1993, the country peacefully split apart to become the Czech Republic with about 5 million people and Prague as its capital. The other part, Slovak Republic, has about 10 million people, and its capital is Bratislava .
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