Dissolution of Czechoslovakia - wikipedia Dissolution of Czechoslovakia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2013 ) Part of a series on the History of Czechoslovakia Origins 1918 First Republic 1918 -- 1938 Second Republic / Occupation 1938 -- 1945 Third Republic 1945 -- 1948 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1948 -- 1989 Velvet Revolution Post-revolution 1989 -- 1992 Dissolution The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( Czech : Rozdělení Československa, Slovak : Rozdelenie Česko - Slovenska ), which took effect on 1 January 1993, was an event that saw the self - determined split of the federal state of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, entities that had arisen before as the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic in 1969 within the framework of Czechoslovak federalisation. It is sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce, a reference to the bloodless Velvet Revolution of 1989 that led to the end of the rule of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the formation of a democratic government. Contents 1 Background 2 Separation 3 Reasons for the division 4 Legal aspects 4.1 National symbols 4.2 Territory 4.3 Division of national property 4.4 Currency division 4.5 International law 5 Consequences 5.1 Economy 5.2 Citizenship 5.2. 1 Roma people 5.3 Language contacts 5.4 Sport 5.5 Telecommunications 6 Legacy 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links Background Main article : History of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia between 1968 ( Constitutional Law of Federation ) and 1989 ( Velvet Revolution ) Czechoslovakia was created with the dissolution of Austria - Hungary at the end of World War I. In 1917, a meeting took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, where the future Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and other Czech and Slovak representatives signed the Pittsburgh Agreement, which promised a common state consisting of two equal nations, Slovaks and Czechs. Soon after, the philosophy of Edvard Beneš pushed for greater unity and a single nation. Some Slovaks were not in favour of this change, and in March 1939, with pressure from Adolf Hitler, the First Slovak Republic was created as a satellite state of Germany with limited sovereignty. Occupation by the Soviet Union after World War II oversaw their reunification into the third Czechoslovak republic. In 1968, the Constitutional Law of Federation reinstated an official federal structure ( of the 1917 type ), but during the `` Normalization period '' in the 1970s, Gustáv Husák ( although a Slovak himself ) returned most of the control to Prague. This approach encouraged a regrowth of separatism after the fall of communism. Separation Czech Republic Slovakia By 1991, the Czech Republic 's GDP per capita was some 20 % higher than Slovakia 's. Transfer payments from the Czech budget to Slovakia, which had been the rule in the past, were stopped in January 1991. Many Czechs and Slovaks desired the continued existence of a federal Czechoslovakia. Some major Slovak parties, however, advocated a looser form of co-existence and the Slovak National Party complete independence and sovereignty. In the next years, political parties re-emerged, but Czech parties had little or no presence in Slovakia, and vice versa. In order to have a functional state, the government demanded continued control from Prague, while Slovaks continued to ask for decentralization. In 1992, the Czech Republic elected Václav Klaus and others who demanded either an even tighter federation ( `` viable federation '' ) or two independent states. Vladimír Mečiar and other leading Slovak politicians of the day wanted a kind of confederation. The two sides opened frequent and intense negotiations in June. On 17 July, the Slovak parliament adopted the declaration of independence of the Slovak nation. Six days later, Klaus and Mečiar agreed to dissolve Czechoslovakia at a meeting in Bratislava. Czechoslovak president Václav Havel resigned rather than oversee the dissolution which he had opposed ; in a September 1992 opinion poll, only 37 % of Slovaks and 36 % of Czechs favoured dissolution. The goal of negotiations switched to achieving a peaceful division. On 13 November, the Federal Assembly passed Constitution Act 541 which settled the division of property between the Czech lands and Slovakia. With Constitution Act 542, passed on 25 November, they agreed to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia as of 31 December 1992. The separation occurred without violence, and was thus said to be `` velvet '', much like the `` Velvet Revolution '' that preceded it, which was accomplished through massive peaceful demonstrations and actions. In contrast, other post-communist break - ups ( such as the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia ) involved violent conflict. Czechoslovakia is the only former socialist state to have an entirely peaceful breakup. Reasons for the division A number of reasons are given for the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, with the main debates focusing on whether dissolution was inevitable or whether dissolution occurred in conjunction with, or even in contrast to, the events that occurred between the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the end of the joined state in 1992. Those who argue from the inevitability stance tend to point to the differences between the two nations, which date back to the Austro - Hungarian Empire, and other issues. There are ethnic differences between the Czechs and Slovaks. These issues included, but were not limited to, problems with the shared state during communism, the success of the communist state in Czech lands and its failure in the Slovak lands which still resulted in the adoption of communism, because the Czechs were more influential in the running of the state than Slovaks, and the 1968 constitution, which had a minority veto. Those who argue that events between 1989 and 1992 led to dissolution point to international factors such as the breakaway of the Soviet satellite nations, the lack of unified media between the Czech and Slovak republics, and, most importantly, the actions of the political leaders of the two nations ( most specifically the disagreements between prime ministers Klaus and Mečiar ). Legal aspects National symbols Since the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia was a composition of those of the historic geographic areas forming the country, each republic simply kept its own symbol -- the Czechs the lion and the Slovaks the double cross. The same principle was applied to the two - part bilingual Czechoslovak national anthem that comprised two separate pieces of music, the Czech stanza Kde domov můj and the Slovak stanza Nad Tatrou sa blýska. Disputes occurred only with respect to the Czechoslovak national flag. During the 1992 negotiations about the details of dissolution of Czechoslovakia, on demand made by Vladimír Mečiar and Václav Klaus, a clause forbidding the use of the state symbols of Czechoslovakia by its successor states was inserted into the Constitutional Law about the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. From 1990 to 1992, the red and white Flag of Bohemia ( differing from the Polish flag only by the proportion of the colours ) officially served as the flag of the Czech Republic. Eventually, after a search for new symbols, the Czech Republic unilaterally decided to ignore the constitutional law on the dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( article 3 of law 542 / 1992 says the `` Czech republic and Slovak republic shall not use the national symbols of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic after its dissolution. '' ) and to keep the Czechoslovak flag with an altered meaning. Territory The national territory was divided along the existing internal borders. Nevertheless, the border was not clearly defined at some points and, in some areas, the border cut across streets, access roads and communities that had co-existed for centuries. The most serious issues occurred around the following areas : U Sabotů or Šance ( cs : Šance ( Vrbovce ) ) - historically part of Moravia, awarded to Slovakia in 1997 Sidonie or Sidónia ( cs : Sidonie ) - historically part of Hungary ( which contained all present - day Slovak territory until 1918 ), awarded to the Czech Republic in 1997 Kasárna ( cs : Kasárna ( Makov ) ) recreational area - historically Moravian, disputed between Moravia and Hungary since the 16th century, formally part of Hungary since 1734 ; accessible by car only from the Czech side until early 2000s ; remained in Slovakia despite heavy objections from the ( mostly Czech ) property owners whose real estates effectively fell into a foreign country The newly born countries were able to solve the difficulties via mutual negotiations, financial compensation and, finally, an international treaty covering the border modifications. People living or owning property in the border area, however, continued to experience practical problems until both new countries entered the Schengen Agreement Area in 2007, after which the borders became less significant. Division of national property Most federal assets were divided in a ratio of 2 to 1 ( the approximate ratio between the Czech and Slovak population within Czechoslovakia ), including army equipment, rail and airliner infrastructure. Some minor disputes ( e.g. about gold reserves stored in Prague, federal know - how valuation ) lasted for a few years after dissolution. Currency division 1000 korun československých from 1945 Initially the old Czechoslovak currency, the Czechoslovak koruna, was still used in both countries. Fears of economic loss on the Czech side caused the two states to adopt two national currencies as early as 8 February 1993. At the beginning, the currencies had an equal exchange rate, but later on, for most of the time, the value of the Slovak koruna was lower than that of the Czech koruna ( up to ca. 30 %, in 2004 around 25 -- 27 % ). Starting on 2 August 1993, the two currencies were distinguished by different stamps first affixed to and then printed on the old ( Czechoslovak koruna ) banknotes. On 1 January 2009 Slovakia adopted the Euro as its currency with the exchange rate of 30.126 SK / €, and the € 2 commemorative coin for 2009, Slovakia 's first, featured the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in remembrance of the common struggle of the Czechoslovak people for democracy. By a quirk of fate, the welcoming speech on the behalf of the European Union on the occasion of Slovakia 's entry to the Eurozone was delivered by Mirek Topolánek, the prime minister of the then - EU presiding country, the Czech Republic, naturally in his native language while other guest speakers used English. The Czech Republic continues to use the Czech koruna, or crown. International law Neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia sought recognition as the sole successor state to Czechoslovakia. This can be contrasted to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, where the Russian Federation was recognized as successor state to not only the RSFSR but the USSR itself. Therefore, Czechoslovakia 's membership in the UN ceased upon dissolution of the country, but on 19 January 1993 the Czech and Slovak Republics were admitted to the UN as new and separate states. With respect to other international treaties the Czechs and Slovaks agreed to honour the treaty obligations of Czechoslovakia. The Slovaks transmitted a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations on 19 May 1993 expressing their intent to remain a party to all treaties signed and ratified by Czechoslovakia, and to ratify those treaties signed but not ratified before dissolution of Czechoslovakia. This letter acknowledged that under international law all treaties signed and ratified by Czechoslovakia would remain in force. For example, both countries are recognized as signatories of the Antarctic Treaty from the date Czechoslovakia signed the agreement in 1962. Both the Czech and Slovak Republics have ratified the Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties. However, it was not a factor in the dissolution of Czechoslovakia since it did not enter into force until 1996. Consequences Economy This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2018 ) The neutrality of this section is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. ( May 2014 ) This article contains too many or too - lengthy quotations for an encyclopedic entry. Please help improve the article by presenting facts as a neutrally - worded summary with appropriate citations. Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote. ( February 2018 ) The dissolution had some negative impact on the two economies, especially in 1993, as traditional links needed to accommodate the bureaucracy of international trade were severed, but the impact was considerably less than expected by many people. Many Czechs hoped that dissolution would quickly start an era of high economic growth in the Czech Republic ( without the need to `` sponsor the less developed Slovakia '' ). Similarly others looked forward to a stand - alone, unexploited Slovakia which might become a new `` economic tiger ''. According to The Prague Post, `` Slovak GDP reached 95 percent of the Czech GDP, and it is likely to draw level with it. The Slovak gross national product ( GNP ), which includes citizens ' incomes abroad and deducts the money multinational companies move out of the country, is higher than the Czech one. Old - age pensions are more or less at the same level in both countries, and the consumption per capita is slightly higher in Slovakia. However, salaries are 10 percent lower on average in Slovakia than in the Czech Republic. But Martin Filko, head of the Institute of Financial Policy of the Slovak Finance Ministry, pointed out that Slovakia is among the EU countries where salaries form the lowest portion of GDP. In other words, a part of people 's incomes comes from sources other than their main employment, and this reduces the real difference between the Czech and Slovak salaries, Respekt says. Slovakia has higher political stability than the Czech Republic : as of 2018, Slovaks have had only four prime ministers since 1998, while the Czechs have had ten. Slovaks have become a more integral part of the EU thanks to their adoption of the euro, and they are more resolved to take part in the banking and fiscal unions, Respekt writes. In the Czech Republic, the right wing opened the economy, and the left wing privatized banks and attracted foreign investors. Until 2005 the GDP of the two countries was growing at a similar rate. But in 2005 -- 08, the Slovak economy grew faster than the Czech one. Economists agree this was thanks to the right - wing reforms of the Mikuláš Dzurinda government and the promise of the euro adoption, which attracted investors. When left - wing populist Robert Fico replaced Dzurinda as Slovak prime minister after eight years in 2006, he reduced the right - wing reforms only moderately, but he did not abolish them, unlike the Czech Social Democrats ( ČSSD ). In this period, the Czechs had three ČSSD prime ministers in four years ( 2002 -- 06 ), followed by a shaky center - right cabinet that cut and simplified taxes but failed to push through other reforms and did not want to adopt the euro, due to the financial crisis and the Civic Democrats ' ( ODS ) ideological prejudices. Why have the Czech reforms and modernization failed ? This is rather unclear as the detailed reasons are obscured by the fog of the political operation. The pension reform failed due to the left - wing 's disapproval and the right wing lacking courage, while the healthcare reform failed due to the hospital lobby and government disunity. The university and labor market reforms have not even been prepared yet. A reform making the civil service independent of politicians was approved but did not take effect because the government was afraid of losing influence over state bodies. It says other serious problems of the Czech economy include complicated business rules, widespread corruption and a highly overpriced and slow motorway construction. `` Slovaks proved to be more consistent in choosing their priorities. They were more capable of reaching agreement, which is important for the economy and the state, '' Czech economist Petr Zahradník told Respekt. Experts addressed by Respekt say the Czech economy might grow faster if the country were capable of using EU subsidies more effectively, modernizing the energy sector, attracting foreign investments, and quicker and cheaper building of motorways and modern railways. Citizenship Since the federalization in 1968, Czechoslovakia had divided citizenship, either of the Czech Socialist Republic or of the Slovak Socialist Republic ( the word ' Socialist ' was dropped from both names shortly after the Velvet Revolution ). This distinction, however, had little effect on the citizen 's life. On January 1, 1993, all Czechoslovak citizens automatically became citizens either of the Czech Republic or the Slovak Republic, based on their previous citizenship, permanent residence address, birthplace, family ties, job, and other criteria. Additionally, people had one year 's time to claim the other citizenship under certain conditions. Slovak legislation allowed dual citizenship until 2010 when this possibility was abolished ( see Citizenship Act ( Slovakia ) ). Only a handful of people have exercised this right ; however, the significance of this is lessened by both nations ' membership in the EU as the freedom of movement for workers policy guarantees EU citizens the right to work and live anywhere in the Union. In the case of movement between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this policy took effect from 2004. By contrast, the Czech Republic has formerly prohibited dual citizenship for naturalized citizens, requiring them to give up existing citizenship ( s ) prior to receiving citizenship of the Czech Republic. This requirement could only be waived if giving up an existing citizenship might put the applicant or their relatives in danger of persecution in their homeland, which was not the case of applicants from Slovakia. This situation changed with the new Citizenship Act of 2013 ( 186 / 2013 Sb. ), in force since January 1, 2014. However, most Slovak citizens are still unable to become dual citizens of both the Czech Republic and Slovakia, since they automatically lose Slovak citizenship upon voluntarily acquiring another one ( see previous paragraph ). Exempt from this law are only those Slovak citizens who obtain a foreign citizenship by virtue of marriage with a foreign national. Some Slovak politicians have speculated in the media about softening the Citizenship Act, but no change has yet materialized as of January 2015. People of both countries were allowed to cross the border without a passport and were allowed to work anywhere without the need to obtain an official permit. Border checks were completely removed on 21 December 2007 when both countries joined the Schengen Agreement. Customs union between the Czech Republic and Slovakia remained in place from the dissolution until May 1, 2004, when both countries entered the European Union. Under the current European regulations, citizens of either country are entitled to the diplomatic protection of any other EU country and, therefore, the Czech and Slovak Republics have been considering merging their embassies together with nations of the Visegrád Group in order to reduce costs. Roma people One of the problems not solved during dissolution was the question of a large number of Romani living in the Czech Republic, who were born and officially registered in today 's Slovakia. Most of them did not re-register their official place of stay during the months before dissolution, and so the question of their citizenship was left open. The 1992 Czech Nationality Act allowed a grant of automatic citizenship only to those born on Czech territory. For others, the right to citizenship required proof of a five - year period of residence, an `` unobjectionable '' criminal record, significant fees and a complicated bureaucratic process ; this reportedly excluded a rather large percentage of Roma. The Slovak government did not want to grant citizenship to non-residents. Significant numbers of Roma living in Czech orphanages did not have their legal status clarified, and were released from care as adult non-citizens without any right to work or live in the Czech Republic. Under pressure from the European Union, the Czech government made amendments to its nationality law in 1999 and 2003 which effectively solved the problem ; however, compensation has not been provided to those rendered stateless in 1992. Language contacts In the former Czechoslovakia, the first television channel was a federal one and the Czech and Slovak languages were used in equal ratios in the TV news there, although foreign films and TV series were almost exclusively dubbed into Czech, for example. This ( and the fact that the languages are very similar ) made almost all people of both nations passively bilingual, i.e., they were able to understand but not necessarily speak the other language. After the dissolution in 1990s the new TV channels in the Czech Republic practically stopped using Slovak, and young Czech people now have a much lower understanding of the Slovak language. Also, the number of Slovak - language books and newspapers sold in the Czech Republic dropped drastically. The Czech TV news, however, started to reintroduce Slovak - language coverage from Slovakia and Slovak TV ( STV2 ) rebroadcasts the Czech TV newscast Události ČT daily, ten minutes after midnight. On the public RTVS, it is common to have at least one daily newscast from the Czech Republic during prime time news. Furthermore, many TV programmes on Slovak TV channels are still dubbed into Czech, some films in cinemas are subtitled in Czech and there are far more Czech - language books and periodicals on the market than before the dissolution. The major boost for the language interchange has come from private TV channel providers like CS Link ( Czech Republic ) and Sky Link ( Slovakia ) that offer Slovak channels in the Czech Republic and vice versa. Additionally, several channels, regardless of their national origin, offer programs both in Czech and Slovak ( CSFilm, TV Barrandov ) or even mix like TV Nova 's Nova Sport coverage of the English Premier League. New impulses to mutual contacts coming via TV are also common shows like the Intelligence Test of Nations, Czechoslovakia 's Got Talent broadcast by PRIMA and TV JOJ, and Czecho - Slovak SuperStar, the latter being the first international edition of the Pop Idol song contest broadcast by TV Nova and Markíza, which also organized joint versions of MasterChef and The Voice in 2012. Also, the New Year 's Eve Program for 2009 was prepared and broadcast jointly by ČT and STV and for 2010 by the Czech TV PRIMA and the Slovak TV JOJ, this time even including the singing of the Czechoslovak national anthem. Young Slovak people still have the same knowledge of the Czech language as their predecessors, if not better. Even today, in Slovakia, Czech may be used automatically in all judicial proceedings, plus all documents written in Czech are acknowledged by Slovak authorities, and vice versa. Further, the Slovak Official Language Act passed in 2009 did reconfirm the right of Czechs to use their language in all official communication when dealing with Slovak authorities ( however, the Act explicitly limited the use of Czech in Slovakia only to persons with Czech as their mother tongue ). The same is true about using the Slovak language in the Czech Republic owing to the Administration Procedure Act of 2004. Gustáv Slamečka, a Slovak citizen who was the Czech transport minister ( 2009 - 2010 ), used the Slovak language exclusively in his official communication. For the language comparison see differences between Slovak and Czech languages. Sport The official break - up occurred right in the middle of the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which took place in Sweden. The team representing Czechoslovakia was called `` Czech - Slovak '' starting on 1 January. In international ice hockey tournaments, the Czech Republic took over Czechoslovakia 's place in the A-groups, while Slovakia had to start in the lower divisions. During the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun, Sweden, the ski jumping team competed as a combined Czech Republic - Slovakia team in the team large hill event, winning a silver. The team had been selected prior to the dissolution. Jaroslav Sakala won two medals in the individual hill events for the Czech Republic at those games along with his silver in the team event. In their qualifying section for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the Czechoslovakia national football team competed under the name RCS which stood for `` Representation of Czechs and Slovaks ''. It was after this that the teams were then officially split up into Czech Republic and Slovakia. The team failed to qualify after they could only draw their final match against Belgium, a match they needed to win to qualify. The mutual encounters between the national teams of the two countries in many sports are followed by a majority of the populations, and the number of players and coaches active in the other republic is significant. Martin Lipták, a Slovak handball coach, successfully led the Czech national team to the EHF 2010 Handball European Championship in Austria. A Slovak team under his coaching, Tatran Prešov, won the Czech national league in 2008 and 2009. Czech ice hockey coach Vladimír Vůjtek led the Slovak national team to the silver medal at the 2012 IIHF World Championship, having beaten the Czech team in the semifinals. Several sports did or do feature a common league, and discussions about having a common football or ice hockey league continue. Telecommunications The two successor states continued to use the country code + 42 until 28 February 1997, when this was replaced by two separate codes : + 420 for the Czech Republic and + 421 for Slovakia. Since then, telephone calls between the two countries have required international dialing. Legacy Public perception of the dissolution has not changed much, with a December 2017 poll showing that just 42 % of Czechs and 40 % of Slovaks agree with what happened ( compared to 36 % and 37 % in 1992, respectively ). According to Czech political analyst Lubomir Kopeček, many Czechs and Slovaks view the breakup process unfavourably because they had no say in the matter. Most people would have rather had a referendum decide. In 2015, a Slovak movement called `` Czechoslovakia 2018 '' was established to try to get a referendum by 2018. While its leader, Ladislav Zelinka, said he received thousands of emails and calls from supporters, it was unable to reach the necessary 350,000 petition signatures ( which is almost 1 / 6th of the Slovak population ). The younger generations of both countries are largely indifferent to the issue, never having experienced the previous period themselves, while older generations are more focused on present issues such as immigration while also favouring their own separate nationalism. Surveys from 2010 showed that the majority of the population of Prague ( Czechs ) still considers the division of the country a mistake ; similarly, the general representative survey in Slovakia ( from 2008 ) showed that society is still divided in opinion on the dissolution : 47 % favouring the dissolution, while 44 % considering it as a mistake. Political influences between the countries are minimal, but social democrats tend to cooperate very closely on regional and European topics in recent years. Furthermore, it has become customary that the elected presidents pay their first and last official foreign visits during their term to the other republic of the former Czechoslovakia. Appointed foreign ministers tend to follow this unwritten rule. On 29 October 2012, in order to commemorate Czechoslovakia 's declaration of independence, which occurred on 28 October 1918, the Czech and the Slovak governments held for the first time a joint cabinet meeting in the communities of Trenčín and Uherské Hradiště in the vicinity of the common border. Also, peace keeping troops stationed in the former Yugoslavia were put under joint command on several occasions. For example, from 2002 until July 2005, the Czech Armed Forces joined with the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic to form a joint Czech - Slovak KFOR battalion in Kosovo that contributed to the Multinational Brigade CENTRE. Trade relationships were re-established and stabilized, and the Czech Republic continues to be Slovakia 's most important business partner. After a short interruption, Slovakia 's resorts in the Carpathian mountains are again the destination of a growing number of Czech tourists. Following the death of the last Czechoslovak president Václav Havel on 18 December 2011, both the Czech and the Slovak Republics observed the day of national mourning. During the funeral mass in Prague 's St. Vitus Cathedral prayers were recited in an equal ratio in the Czech and the Slovak languages. See also Hyphen War Czech Republic -- Slovakia relations Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden ( another example of a peaceful dissolution ) Notes Jump up ^ Skalnik Leff, Carol ( 1997 ). The Czech and Slovak Republics. Nation versus state. Westview Press. pp. 129 -- 139. ISBN 0 - 8133 - 2922 - 1. 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References Innes, Abby ( 2001 ), Czechoslovakia : The Short Goodbye ( New Haven : Yale University Press ). Rupnik, Jacques ( 2001 ), `` Divorce à l'amiable ou guerre de sécession ? ( Tchécoslovaquie - Yougoslavie ), '' Transeuropéennes no. 19 / 20. Wehrlé, Frédéric ( 1994 ), Le Divorce Tchéco - Slovaque : Vie et mort de la Tchécoslovaquie 1918 -- 1992 ( Paris : L'Harmattan ). Paal Sigurd Hilde, `` Slovak Nationalism and the Break - Up of Czechoslovakia. '' Europe - Asia Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4 ( Jun. 1999 ) : 647 -- 665. External links ( in Czech ) Constitutional changes from Velvet revolution until dissolution, detailed overview at the Wayback Machine ( archived 5 February 2005 ) Krejčí, Oskar : `` Geopolitics of the Central European Region. The view from Prague and Bratislava '' Bratislava : Veda, 2005. 494 pp. Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood Pre-1918 1918 -- 1938 1938 -- 1945 1945 -- 1948 1948 -- 1989 1989 -- 1992 1993 -- Bohemia Moravia Silesia Austrian Empire First Republic Sudetenland Third Republic Czechoslovak Republic 1948 -- 1960 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1960 -- 1990 Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990 -- 1992 Czech Republic Second Republic 1938 -- 1939 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939 -- 1945 Slovakia Kingdom of Hungary Slovak Republic 1939 -- 1945 Slovak Republic ( Slovakia ) Southern Slovakia and Carpatho - Ukraine Carpathian Ruthenia Zakarpattia Oblast 1944 / 1946 -- 1991 Zakarpattia Oblast 1991 -- present Austria - Hungary Czechoslovak government - in - exile ČSR ; boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution. Annexed by Nazi Germany. ČSR ; included the autonomous regions of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia. Annexed by Hungary ( 1939 -- 1945 ). ČSR ; declared a `` people 's democracy '' ( without formal name change ) under the Ninth - of - May Constitution following the 1948 coup. ČSSR ; from 1969, after the Prague Spring, consisted of the Czech Socialist Republic ( ČSR ) and Slovak Socialist Republic ( SSR ). Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. Oblast of Ukraine. 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Question: when did the czech republic split from slovakia
Answer: 1 January 1993