Czechoslovakism
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Czechoslovakism (Czech: Čechoslovakismus, Slovak: Čechoslovakizmus) is a term for the political and cultural conception of Czechoslovakia, which was made by the nations of Czechs and Slovaks. This nation was made ideologically for a newborn country, which needed to identify itself on national level. Czechoslovakia was a young country and nations living there were since 1526 part of Habsburg Monarchy.
This ideology was essential for the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918.
The ideology stated that Czechoslovakia is a nation of Czechoslovaks. It was a state doctrine which was also part of Constitution from 1920. Statistics from the era of the First Republic (1918-1938) mentioned Czechoslovaks and not Czechs or Slovaks:
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Nationalities of Czechoslovakia 1921[1] |
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|---|---|---|
| total population | 13,607.385 | |
| Czechoslovaks | 8,759.701 | 64.37 % |
| Germans | 3,123.305 | 22.95 % |
| Hungarians | 744.621 | 5.47 % |
| Ruthenians | 461.449 | 3.39 % |
| Jews | 180.534 | 1.33 % |
| Poles | 75.852 | 0.56 % |
| Others | 23.139 | 0.17 % |
| Foreigners | 238.784 | 1.75 % |
Not all people agreed with the ideology (mainly Slovaks). During the World War II, when Czechoslovakia was occupied by the German Third Reich nationalist tendencies in Slovakia for indepedence rose. It led to the creation of the independent Slovak State. After World War II Czechoslovakia was reunited, but ideology of one nation was not fully restored.
The final end to this idea was a new constitution from 1968 which stated that Czechoslovakia is a federation of two national republics.
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- ^ Škorpila F. B.; Zeměpisný atlas pro měšťanské školy; Státní Nakladatelství; second edition; 1930; Czechoslovakia (geograpfical atlas for primary schools from 1930)
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