Czechoslovakia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Czechoslovakia
Československo
Česko‑Slovensko |
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| 1918–1939 1945–1992 1939–1945: Government-in-exile |
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 Flag
(1920–1992)  Lesser coat of arms
(1920–1960) |
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Anthem: ’Kde domov můj’ (Czech)
’Where is my home’ ’Nad Tatrou sa blýska’ (Slovak) ’Lightning Over the Tatras’ |
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Czechoslovakia during interwar period and Cold War
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| Capital | Prague (Praha) 50°05′N 14°25′E / 50.083°N 14.417°E |
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| Common languages | Czech · Slovak · German · Hungarian · Yiddish · Rusyn | ||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Czechoslovak | ||||||||||||||
| Government | First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1990) Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992) |
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| President | |||||||||||||||
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• 1918–1935
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Tomáš G. Masaryk | ||||||||||||||
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• 1935–1938 · 1945–1948
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Edvard Beneš | ||||||||||||||
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• 1938–1939
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Emil Hácha | ||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
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• 1918–1919 (first)
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Karel Kramář | ||||||||||||||
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• 1992 (last)
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Jan Stráský | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||||||||
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• Independence
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28 October 1918 | ||||||||||||||
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• German occupation
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1939 | ||||||||||||||
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• Liberation
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9 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||
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• Coup d'état
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25 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| November–December 1989 | |||||||||||||||
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• Dissolution
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31 December 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
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• 1921
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13,607,385 | ||||||||||||||
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• 1992
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15,600,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Czechoslovak koruna | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Czech Republic Slovakia Ukraine∟  Zakarpattia Oblast |
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Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia 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. After World War II the USSR annexed a part of eastern Czechoslovakia so that they could have a border with Hungary. The USSR also annexed parts of Poland and Romania. All four of these countries were in the USSR's sphere of influence. The USSR thought that this meant they could make sure the countries did what they wanted. In 1968 the USSR thought that the government of Alexander Dubcek was moving away from communism and leaving the Warsaw Pact, and invaded Czechoslovakia.
In 1989 Czechoslovakia peacefully removed the Communist dictatorship in the Velvet Revolution.
On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Both countries separated in peace.
Official names
- 1918–1920: Republic of Czechoslovakia (abbreviated RČS)/Czecho-Slovak State, or Czecho-Slovakia/Czechoslovakia
- 1920–1938: Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR), or Czechoslovakia
- 1938–1939: Czecho-Slovak Republic, or Czecho-Slovakia
- 1945–1960: Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR), or Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR), or Czechoslovakia
- April 1990: Czechoslovak Federative Republic (Czech version) and Czecho-Slovak Federative Republic (Slovak version)
- The country subsequently became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, ČSFR, or Československo (Czech version) and Česko-Slovensko (Slovak version).
Images for kids
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, founder and first president
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Czechoslovak troops in Vladivostok (1918)
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Czechoslovak declaration of independence rally in Prague on Wenceslas Square, 28 October 1918
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A monument to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Milan Štefánik—both key figures in early Czechoslovakia
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Spartakiad in 1960
See also
In Spanish: Checoslovaquia para niños
