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Title: #History: Czechoslovakia Gains Independence (1918)
Post by: TFD on Oct 28, 2014, 05:31 AM
With the end of World War I came the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. Its Czech and Slovak-speaking territories—Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and part of Silesia—formed Czechoslovakia. Benefiting from a liberal, democratic constitution and the inheritance most of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's industry, the new republic seemed to have a bright future. With its antagonistic and nationalistic ethnic elements, however, the new state was far from being a stable unit. What was the "Velvet Revolution"? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst69235_Treaty-of-Madrid-Signed--1795-.aspx)