First Czechoslovak Republic
1918-1938 republic in Central/Eastern Europe
The First Czechoslovak Republic was a country in Eastern Europe. It was commonly known as Czechoslovakia, and it existed between 1918 and 1938.
Czechoslovak Republic Československá republika | |||||||||||||||||||
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1918–1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
Motto: Pravda vítězí / Pravda víťazí "Truth prevails" | |||||||||||||||||||
Anthem: ’Kde domov můj’ (Czech) ’Where my home is’ ’Nad Tatrou sa blýska’ (Slovak) ’Lightning Over the Tatras’ | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() The Czechoslovak Republic in 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Prague | ||||||||||||||||||
Official languages | Czechoslovak, German | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Czechoslovaka (Czech · Slovak) | ||||||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Czechoslovak | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||||||||||
President | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1935 | Tomáš Masaryk | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 | Edvard Beneš | ||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1919 (first) | Karel Kramář | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 (last) | Milan Hodža | ||||||||||||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||||||||||
Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||||||||
28 October 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||
29 February 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||
30 September 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Czechoslovak koruna | ||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | |||||||||||||||||||
BibliographyEdit
- Kárník, Zdeněk: Malé dějiny československé (1867–1939), Dokořán (2008), Praha, ISBN 978-80-7363-146-8 (in Czech)
- Olivová, Věra: Dějiny první republiky, Karolinum Press (2000), Praha, ISBN 80-7184-791-7 (in Czech)
- Peroutka, Ferdinand: Budování státu I.-IV., Academia (2003), Praha, ISBN 80-200-1121-8 (in Czech)
- Gen. František Moravec: Špión jemuž nevěřili ISBN 80-200-1006-8 (in Czech)
- Axworthy, Mark W.A. Axis Slovakia—Hitler's Slavic Wedge, 1938–1945, Bayside, N.Y. : Axis Europa Books, 2002, ISBN 1-891227-41-6