Czechoslovakia
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| '''Czechoslovakia''' was a country in [[Central Europe]] that existed from October [[1918]], when it declared its independence from the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], until [[1992]]. Its capital was [[Prague]]. In [[1993]], Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the '''Czech Republic '''and''' Slovakia'''. | '''Czechoslovakia''' was a country in [[Central Europe]] that existed from October [[1918]], when it declared its independence from the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], until [[1992]]. Its capital was [[Prague]]. In [[1993]], Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the '''Czech Republic '''and''' Slovakia'''. | ||
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Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. Its capital was Prague. In 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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See also
- Prague underground (culture)
- The Plastic People of the Universe
- Czech literature
- Czech surrealism
- Czechoslovak New Wave
- Cinema of the Czech Republic
Film
Authors and Poets
Composers
Filmmakers
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Karel Reisz, film director
- Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator
- Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
- Karel Zeman, film director, animator
Models
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
Painters
- František Kupka
- Alfons Mucha
- Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
Photographers
Religion
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
Other
- Giacomo Casanova, spent his last years as a librarian in Duchcov Castle
Fictional characters
- Josef Švejk, fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk
See also
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