Slovak Soviet Republic
| Slovak Soviet Republic Slovenská republika rád Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság | |||||
| Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic | |||||
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 Slovak Soviet Republic | |||||
| Capital | Prešov | ||||
| Languages | Slovak · Hungarian | ||||
| Government | Soviet socialist republic | ||||
| Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Council | Antonín Janoušek | ||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||
| - | Proclaimed | 16 June 1919 | |||
| - | Military intervention | 7 July 1919 | |||
The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika rád, Hungarian: Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, literally: "Slovak Republic of Councils" - the name originated before the Russian word soviet (council) became widespread in Slovak and other languages) comprised a very short-lived communist state in south and eastern Slovakia from 16 June to 7 July 1919, with its capital in Prešov,[1] and headed by the Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek.
After the conclusion of World War I in 1918, Czechoslovakia began occupying the area in accordance with the preliminary peace settlements. However, Slovakia (Upper Hungary) was preemptively occupied by Red Guards from the Hungarian Soviet Republic, who set up the Slovak Soviet Republic as a puppet regime. Following a brief war between Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania, Slovakia was fully restored into Czechoslovakia and the Hungarian Soviet Republic was wholly occupied by Romania.
See also
- Hungarian Soviet Republic (Councils Republic of Hungary)
- German Revolution of 1918–1919
- Spartacist uprising
References
| Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood | ||||||||||
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| Bohemia Moravia Silesia |
Austrian Empire | First Republica | Sudetenlandb | Third Republic | Czechoslovak Republice 1948–1960 |
Czechoslovak Socialist Republicf 1960–1990 |
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 1990–1992 |
Czech Republic | ||
| Second Republicc 1938–1939 |
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939–1945 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | Kingdom of Hungary | Slovak Republic 1939–1945 |
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | |||||||
| Southern Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukrained | ||||||||||
| Carpathian Ruthenia | Zakarpattia Oblastg 1944 / 1946 – 1991 |
Zakarpattia Oblasth 1991–present | ||||||||
| Austria-Hungary | Czechoslovak government-in-exile | |||||||||
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a ČSR; boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution. |
e ČSR; declared a "people's democracy" (without formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution following the 1948 coup. | |||||||||
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