by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 19, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
Thomas Masaryk was one of the great personalities of Czechoslovakia’s struggle for independence during the First World War. His initial idea was to reform the internal politics of the Habsburg Empire- transforming the monarchy into a democratic federal state- but gave... 
by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 18, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Russian Empire
The beginning of the First World War represented for the Czechs and Slovaks a major opportunity to fight for their independence against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Representatives of these minorities in Russia proposed to that country’s government to support their... 
by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 15, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
In Europe, the 20th century began with the apocalyptic finale of the age of the continent’s last authoritarian empires. By the time the smoke of the First World War had cleared, the Russian czars, the German kaisers, and the Austrian emperors had been swept into the... 
by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 14, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
On October 30, when the Czech Republic declared itself independent, a military unit of former soldiers and Austrian-Hungarian officers was formed in Prague, whose main purpose was to organize and leave immediately for Transylvania to help the new Romanian authorities... 
by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 12, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
One of the great surprises and changes on the map of Europe, with the end of the First World War, was the independence of Czechoslovakia. On October 28, 1918, the Czechs and Slovaks created Czechoslovakia, taking advantage of the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian... 
by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 3, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania
The end of the First World War also brought about the emergence of movements to liberate the oppressed people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the goal to establish new national states. Thus, on October 28, 1918, after great popular demonstrations, the independent...