On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided into two independent states: Czech and Slovak Republics. Václav Havel was elected the first president of the Czech Republic. In the following years, the Czech Republic joined the OECD (1994), the NATO (1999) and the EU (2004).

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. With the dissolution of the Czechoslovak federation, the modern states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia came into being on Jan. 1, 1993.

Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Československo, former country in central Europe encompassing the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. Czechoslovakia was formed from several provinces of the collapsing empire of Austria-Hungary in 1918, at the end of World War I. In the interwar period it became the most prosperous and politically stable state in …

The Czechoslovak Republic was established in its western part largely within the historic frontiers of Bohemia and Moravia, but to the east it incorporated the northern Slovak counties of pre-1918 Hungary, and also Carpathian Ruthenia.

14/03/2021 · CZECHOSLOVAKIA . The new state of Czechoslovakia was the only industrialized state in eastern Europe. It also proved to be the only successful democracy. Its first president was Masaryk. He resigned in 1935. During the interwar period, Czechoslovakia produced the great writer Franz Kafka.

On 1st January 1993, Czechoslovakia was split into two independent countries, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Prague became the capital of Czech Republic. The Czechs’ relations with Germany and Austria in the year 2000 were tense due to the Czechs’ refusal to remove the Temelin nuclear power station in southern Bohemia.

Answer (1 of 2): Brief history of Czechoslovakia The establishment of Czechoslovakia dates back to the First World War. It was one of the successor states of Austria-Hungary. It included the territory of Czechia (Bohemia + Moravia + Czech Silesia) and Slovakia and, until 1939, the Carpathian Rut...

Prague History 5500-4500 BC: First evidence of continuous occupation of the area around Prague (Praha), by various Germanic and Celtic tribes. Trade routes leading from Southern to Northern Europe pass through the area. 500 BC (Around): One of the Celtic tribes, the Boii, are the first Prague inhabitants known by name. The Boii called the region 'Bohemia' and the river 'Vltava'.