Czechoslovakism ( Czech Čechoslovakismus , Slovak. Čechoslovakizmus ) is an ideology that proclaimed that in the northern territories of the former Austria-Hungary , “Czechoslovakians” live, not Czechs and Slovaks . This ideology served as the basis for the creation of the state of Czechoslovakia in 1918. This doctrine was enshrined in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920. The statistics of the times of the First Republic (1918-1938) mentions precisely “Czechoslovakians”, and not “Czechs” and “Slovaks”
The national composition of Czechoslovakia in 1921 [1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Whole population | 13 607 385 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 759 701 | 64.37% |
| Germans | 3 123 305 | 22.95% |
| Hungarians | 744 621 | 5.47% |
| Rusyns | 461,449 | 3.39% |
| Jews | 180 534 | 1.33% |
| Poles | 75 852 | 0.56% |
| Other | 23 139 | 0.17% |
| Foreigners | 238,784 | 1.75% |
Not all residents of Czechoslovakia supported this ideology. When the Czech Republic was occupied by Germany before the Second World War , an independent Slovak state was formed on the territory of Slovakia. After World War II, Czechoslovakia reunited, but the ideology of a “united nation” was not fully restored.
The end of this concept was the 1960 Constitution as amended in 1968, proclaiming Czechoslovakia as a federation of two national republics .
Sources
- ↑ Škorpila FB; Zeměpisný atlas pro měšťanské školy; Státní Nakladatelství; second edition; 1930; Czechoslovakia (geograpfical atlas for primary schools from 1930)