Slovak Soviet Republic

Slovak Soviet Republic
Slovenská republika rád
Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság
Словацька Радянська Республіка
Puppet state representing the Hungarian Soviet Republic
1919
Emblem
  Slovak Soviet Republic
Capital Prešov
Languages
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
Preceded by 		Succeeded by
Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
Hungarian Soviet Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika rád, Hungarian: Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, Ukrainian: Словацька Радянська Республіка, literally: "Slovak Republic of Councils") was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919.[1] Its capital city was Prešov and was headed by Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek.

In 1918, Czechoslovak troops began occupying northern Hungary in accordance with the territorial promises that the Triple Entente made to Czechoslovak politicians during World War I. However, Slovakia (Upper Hungary) was occupied by Hungarian troops from the Hungarian Soviet Republic, who set up the Slovak Soviet Republic as a puppet regime. Historian Peter A. Toma argues that Slovakia lacked the prerequisites for a serious revolutionary movement. What did happen was orchestrated by Hungarians living there. Most Hungarians soon turned against the radicalism of the movement. A Slovak Social Democrats led the opposition to the Bolsheviks. The puppet state that briefly existed closely imitated the parent Hungarian Soviet Republic and made little provision for distinctly Slovak needs and characteristics.[2]

Following a brief war between Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania, Slovakia was incorporated into Czechoslovakia.

Proclamation of the Slovak Soviet Republic in Prešov

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Statesmen.org - Slovakia
  2. ↑ Peter A. Toma, "The Slovak Soviet Republic of 1919," American Slavic & East European Review (1958) 17#2 pp 203-215.

Further reading

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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 Federative 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

a ČSR; boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution.
b Annexed by Nazi Germany.
c ČSR; included the autonomous regions of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.
d Annexed by Hungary (1939–1945).

e ČSR; declared a "people's democracy" (without formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution following the 1948 coup.
f ČSSR; from 1969, after the Prague Spring, consisted of the Czech Socialist Republic (ČSR) and Slovak Socialist Republic (SSR).
g Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR.
h Oblast of Ukraine.

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