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History of Slovakia

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.. 6 eras, 833 CE to today.

Great Moravia, 833 CE–907 CE Draft, not yet reviewed

Great Moravia was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in Central Europe. Its core encompassed today's Moravia in the eastern Czech Republic and adjacent western Slovakia. Moravia reached its largest territorial extent under Prince Svatopluk I, called Svätopluk in Slovak, who ruled from 870 to 894. Great Moravia was overrun by the Hungarians, who then included the territory of present-day Slovakia in their domains.

Seat of power: Mikulčice

Kingdom of Hungary, 1000–1918 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Kingdom of Hungary was a multiethnic state that covered what is today Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania and other parts of Romania. Bratislava was designated the new capital of Hungary in 1536, ahead of the fall of the old Hungarian capital of Buda in 1541. The territory comprising modern Slovakia, then known as Upper Hungary, became the place of settlement for nearly two-thirds of the Magyar nobility fleeing the Turks. The territory of Slovakia was an integral part of the Hungarian state up until the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918.

Seat of power: Budapest

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First Czechoslovak Republic, 1918–1938 Draft, not yet reviewed

The First Czechoslovak Republic was the first Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1938, a union of ethnic Czechs and Slovaks. The Martin Declaration, proclaimed in Martin on 30 October 1918, was effectively a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Hungary. Czechoslovakia was forced to cede its Sudetenland region to Germany on 1 October 1938 as part of the Munich Agreement. It also ceded southern parts of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia to Hungary and the Trans-Olza region in Silesia to Poland.

Seat of power: Prague

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Slovak Republic, 1939–1945 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Slovak Republic was a partially recognized client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe. A one-party state governed by the far-right Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, the Slovak Republic is primarily known for its collaboration with Nazi Germany, which included sending troops to the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the Soviet Union in 1941. In 1942, the country deported 58,000 Jews to German-occupied Poland, paying Germany 500 Reichsmarks for each deportee. The Slovak Republic was abolished after the Soviet conquest in 1945, and its territory was reintegrated into the recreated Third Czechoslovak Republic.

Seat of power: Bratislava

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1948–1990 Draft, not yet reviewed

The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was the Czechoslovak state from 1948 until 1989, when the country was under communist rule, and was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of interest. In a coup d'état in February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized power with the support of the Soviet Union. In 20–21 August 1968 the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. In 1969, the country became a federative republic comprising the Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic.

Seat of power: Prague

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Slovakia, 1993 to today Draft, not yet reviewed

Slovakia became an independent democratic state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes referred to as the Velvet Divorce. The first president of the Slovak Republic became Michal Kováč, elected by the National Council of Slovakia in February 1993. Slovakia became a member of OECD on 14 December 2000, NATO on 29 March 2004 and of the European Union on 1 May 2004. Slovakia joined the Schengen area on 21 December 2007 and adopted the Euro as its national currency on 1 January 2009.

Seat of power: Bratislava

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