Former state that existed in two periods 1918 – 1939 and from 1945 – 1992. A communist country from 1945 – 1989. The country was dissolved peacefully when the Czech Republic and Slovakia were established as independent countries.
The 1969 Ice Hockey World Cup has gone down in history as the most legendary. There are two reasons for this. It is the most even championship of all time and it was the two games between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. In the end, the Soviet Union became world champions, Sweden number 2…
On January 5, 1968, Alexander Dubcek was elected secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. This means that he became the country’s supreme leader. He started by introducing a number of reforms. These reforms included the introduction of a market socialist economy, a degree of freedom of expression and the press, the possibility of allowing…
I remember the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Chances would have it so that I was lying at home on the sofa with a broken leg when the Olympics started and was at home during the entire summer Olympics. I got to see legendary long jump, Americans with clenched fists on the podium. But what I…