Civilia 2013, 4(2):33-47 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2013.015

Czech and Slovak Divorce

Miroslav Tomeček
Katedra historie, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Palackého, Na Hradě 5, 771 80 Olomouc

The author created the paper The Czech and Slovak Divorce for a conference 20 Years since the End of the Czechoslovak Federation which was held under the auspices of the Palacky University, Faculty of Education, Departement of the Social Sciences in Olomouc. The paper deals with the history of relations between Czechs and Slovaks. The author highlights the problems which our nations encountered and which finally affected that each nation went its own specific way. The used literature is situated in the end of the paper.The author uses not only the available sources and literature, which he describes in the end of the paper, but also his interview related to the topic with a former prime minister of the Slovak government Vladimir Mečiar, who was one of the main actors during the break-up. The text is divided into introduction, the core and the conclusion.

Keywords: Czech and Slovak Federation, Extinction, Referendum, Equal partnership, Constitution of Czechoslovakia, August 1968, Velvet revolution

Published: December 15, 2013  Show citation

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