Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech: ?eskoslovensko, Slovak: ?esko-Slovensko/before 1990 ?eskoslovensko, German: Tschechoslowakei) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in what was known as the Velvet Divorce, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Czechoslovakia

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• 1918–1923: different systems on former Austrian territory (Bohemia, Moravia, small part of Silesia) and on former Hungarian territory (Slovakia and Ruthenia): 3 lands (also called district units ) Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia + 21 counties in today's Slovakia + 2? counties in today's Ruthenia; both lands and counties were divided in districts
• 1923–1927: like above, except that the above counties were replaced by 6 (grand) counties in today's Slovakia and 1 (grand) county in today's Ruthenia, and the number and frontiers of the okresy were changed on these 2 territories
• 1928–1938: 4 lands : Bohemia, Moravia-Silesia, Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia; divided in districts
• late 1938–March 1939: like above, but Slovakia and Ruthenia were promoted to "autonomous lands"
• 1945–1948: like 1928–1938, except that Ruthenia became part of the Soviet Union
• 1949–1960: 19 regions divided in 270 districts
• 1960–1992: 10 regions , Prague, and (since 1970) Bratislava; divided in 109–114 districts ; the kraje were abolished temporarily in Slovakia in 1969–1970 and for many functions since 1991 in Czechoslovakia; in addition, the two republics Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic were established in 1969 (without the word Socialist since 1990)