The Slovak Soviet Republic (in Slovak: Slovenská republika rád = literally: Slovak Republic of Councils - it was before the Russian word soviet (council) became widespread in Slovak and other languages) was a short lived communist state in south and eastern Slovakia from 16 June to 7 July1919, with its capital in Prešov. It was headed by Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek. Image File history File links Max area of Slovak Soviet Republic, 1919. ... A soviet (Russian: ÑовеÌÑ‚) originally was a workers local council in late Imperial Russia. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a popular movement. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Prešov (Hungarian: Eperjes, German: Preschau or Eperies) is a town in eastern Slovakia. ... AntonÃn JanouÅ¡ek (1877–1941) was a Czech journalist and communist. ...
During 1918, the army of newly formed Czechoslovakia was ordered to gain full control over Slovakia and attack the recently-established Hungarian Soviet Republic. A successful counterattack led to the occupation of a large part of Slovakia, where the new Soviet republic was established. After a reversal of military fortune, the Hungarian Soviet Republic's Red Guards retired to Hungary, and the Slovak Soviet Republic ceased to exist. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the political regime in Hungary from March 21, 1919 until the beginning of August of the same year, and it is the second Communist (or soviet) government in world history, after the one in Russia (1917). ...
Despite the formation of a short-lived SlovakSovietRepublic, the situation stabilised in late 1919.
On August 29, 1944, 60,000 Slovak troops, guerilla forces and members of the general population, organized by the underground opposition, rose up against the Nazis coming to occupy the country in what became known as the Slovak National Uprising.
In fact, the SlovakRepublic saw comparatively high economic growth in the 1970s and 1980s relative to the Czech Republic (and mostly ongoingly from 1994 till today).
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