Czech history
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The history of the Czech lands includes the following periods:

1. Slavs: Bohemians and Moravians – since the 6th century (535?)
2. Samo’s realm (623 – 658)
3. Moravian principality (late 8th century – 833) in Moravia
4. Great Moravia (833 – 907) in Moravia (888 or 890 – 894 also in Bohemia)
5. Bohemian Principality (880s – 1198): in Moravia the Margravate of Moravia since 1182
6. Kingdom of Bohemia (1198 – 1918): since 1526 under Habsburg rule (personal union with Austria and Hungary)
7. Czechoslovakia (1918 – 1992): since 1960 the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR), since 1990 the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (ČSFR)
8. Czech Republic (since 1993)

Contents 1 Periods through history 1.1 Arrival of the Slavs 1.2 Samo's realm 1.3 Great Moravia 1.4 Bohemian Principality 1.5 Bohemian Kingdom and Margravate of Moravia to 1526 1.6 Bohemian Estates against Habsburg absolutism 1.7 The Dark Age and National Revival 1.8 Austria–Hungary, the Dual Monarchy 1.9 Czechoslovakia 1.9.1 Czechoslovakia from creation to dissolution (overview) 1.10 the Czech Republic 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Periods through history

[edit] Arrival of the Slavs

The Slavs (Czech tribes in Bohemia and Moravians in Moravia) arrived in the sixth century. According to historian Dušan Třeštík, the first Slavs came through Moravian Gate (Moravská brána) valley and in 530 moved into the eastern Bohemia and along rivers Labe and Vltava further into central Bohemia. Many historians support theory of further wave of Slavs coming from the south during the first half of the seventh century.

Literature 

Dušan Třeštík: "Počátky Přemyslovců. Vstup Čechů do dějin (530-935)" [The beginnings of Přemyslids. The entrance of the Czechs in the History (530-935)], 1997, ISBN 80-7106-138-7.

[edit] Samo's realm

[edit] Great Moravia

[edit] Bohemian Principality

[edit] Bohemian Kingdom and Margravate of Moravia to 1526

[edit] Bohemian Estates against Habsburg absolutism

[edit] The Dark Age and National Revival

[edit] Austria–Hungary, the Dual Monarchy

[edit] Czechoslovakia

[edit] Czechoslovakia from creation to dissolution (overview)

v • d • e Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood
Timeline	Origins	1918–1938	World War II (1938–1945)		1945–1948	1948–1989		1989–1992	Dissolution
Bohemia Moravia Silesia	crown lands of the Austrian Empire	First Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) Full boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution	Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany (1938–1945)		Third Republic of Czechoslovakia (ČSR) (1945–1948)	Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR) (1948–1960) Declared a "people's democracy" (without a formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR) (1960–1990) Including Czech Socialist Republic & Slovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990)	Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (ČSFR) (1990–1992) Including Czech Republic & Slovak Republic	Czech Republic (since 1993)
			Second Republic of Czecho-Slovakia (ČSR) (1938–1939) Including autonomous regions of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)
Slovakia	part of the Kingdom of Hungary			Slovak Republic (1939–1945)					Slovakia (since 1993)
				Southern Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukraine Awarded to  Hungary (1939–1945)
Carpathian Ruthenia					Zakarpattia Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR (1944/1946–1991)			Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine (since 1991)
			Czechoslovak government-in-exile

[edit] the Czech Republic

1 January 1993 meant "velvet divorce" of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO (since 1999) and of the European Union (since 2004), the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.

[edit] See also

• History of Czechoslovakia
• Bohemia
• Moravia
• Slovakia
• Lech, Czech and Rus

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History of the Czech Republic

• All about Czech history - Official web of the Czech republic
• Czech description read Radio Prague online history - short text
• Catholic history of Bohemia
• Catholic history of Moravia

v • d • e Historical territories in the contemporary Czech Republic  Bohemia Moravia Silesia

v • d • e Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood
Timeline	Origins	1918–1938	World War II (1938–1945)		1945–1948	1948–1989		1989–1992	Dissolution
Bohemia Moravia Silesia	crown lands of the Austrian Empire	First Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) Full boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution	Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany (1938–1945)		Third Republic of Czechoslovakia (ČSR) (1945–1948)	Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR) (1948–1960) Declared a "people's democracy" (without a formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR) (1960–1990) Including Czech Socialist Republic & Slovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990)	Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (ČSFR) (1990–1992) Including Czech Republic & Slovak Republic	Czech Republic (since 1993)
			Second Republic of Czecho-Slovakia (ČSR) (1938–1939) Including autonomous regions of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)
Slovakia	part of the Kingdom of Hungary			Slovak Republic (1939–1945)					Slovakia (since 1993)
				Southern Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukraine Awarded to  Hungary (1939–1945)
Carpathian Ruthenia					Zakarpattia Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR (1944/1946–1991)			Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine (since 1991)
			Czechoslovak government-in-exile

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