Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was a country in Europe that existed from 1918 to 1993.
==History==
In 1948 communists got the power in Czechoslovakia in a coup, and proclaimed the country to be the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic; Czechoslovakia joined the reds; it was a member of Warsaw Treaty Organization and COMECON, it was also one of the richest countries of the Eastern Bloc.
From 1959 onwards, the Czechoslovakian company Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod manufactured the Škorpion vz. 61 machine pistols, utilized by many Communist countries, such as Angola, Mozambique, North Korea, East Germany, Yugoslavia and even the Soviet Union itself.
During the Prague Spring of the late 1960s, Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek pursued his own policy of a "socialism with a human face"; this caused the Warsaw Pact troops to invade Czechoslovakia in 1968 to restore the old system; a sign of things to come.
In 1990 Czechoslovakia reluctantly took, mostly via supplying the Škorpion vz. 61 machine pistols to the Soviets. After the war ended, Czechoslovakia's communist government was removed, and the country's government became a democratic parliamentary republic. On 31 December 1992, Czechoslovakia split in peace into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Category:Countries Category:Former Communist Countries