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Czechoslovakia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1722 words) |
 | Czechoslovakia (Czech: Äeskoslovensko, Slovak: Äesko-Slovensko/before 1990 Äeskoslovensko, German: Tschechoslowakei) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). |
| Czechoslovakia arose in October 1918 as one of the succession states of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I. |
| The Czechoslovakia national football team was a consistent performer in the international scene, with 8 appearances in the FIFA World Cup Finals, finishing in second-place in 1934 and 1962. |
| Vaclav Havel (835 words) |
| His open letter to Dr. Gustav Husak (the then President of Czechoslovakia) of 1975 in which he pointed out the critical condition of the society and the responsibility of the then ruling regime for that condition became widely known. |
| As President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, he met nearly all European Heads of State, as well as the Presidents of the United States, the Soviet Union and a number of other countries. |
| From the position of President of the Czechoslovak Republic Havel resigned on July 20 -- he accounted for the abdication by explaining that he could no longer fulfill commitments necessitated by the oath of allegiance to the Czech and Slovak Republic in a way that would harmonize with his convictions, dispositions and consciousness. |
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