| Latest revision |
Your text |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{Infobox country|name=Czech Republic|native_name=Česká republika|image_flag=Czech flag.png|image_coat=Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg|capital=Prague|largest_city=Prague|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary parliamentary republic under a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]]|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Petr Pavel]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Petr Fiala]]|image_map=Czechia map.svg|map_width=320|official_languages=Czech|area_km2=78,871|population_estimate=10,516,707|population_estimate_year=2022}} | | {{Infobox country|name=Czech Republic|native_name=Česká republika|image_flag=Czech flag.png|image_coat=Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg|capital=Prague|largest_city=Prague|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary parliamentary bourgeois republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Miloš Zeman]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Petr Fiala]]|image_map=Czechia map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Czech|area_km2=78,871|population_estimate=10,516,707|population_estimate_year=2022}} |
|
| |
|
| The '''Czech Republic''', also known as '''Czechia''', is a country in [[Central Europe]] bordered by [[Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]], [[Republic of Austria|Austria]], [[Slovak Republic|Slovakia]] and [[Republic of Poland|Poland]]. Until the 1989 counterrevolution Czechia was a part of the [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990)|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]], a [[Socialism|socialist]] republic which it shared with neighbouring Slovakia. However, modern Czechia is a staunch supporter of [[imperialism]] and is part of both the [[European Union]] and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]. | | The '''Czech Republic''', also known as '''Czechia''', is a country in Central Europe. It was formerly part of the [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990)|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]]. |
| | |
| == History ==
| |
| | |
| === Kingdom of Bohemia ===
| |
| {{Main article|Kingdom of Bohemia (1198–1918)}}
| |
| In 1526 the Czech [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords elected a [[Hapsburg]] to the throne, allowing [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] to gain influence over the state which in 1620 culminated in Bohemia becoming a hereditary possession of the Hasburgs. From then until independence in 1918 following Austria's defeat in the [[First World War]], Bohemia was an integral part of the Hasburg lands. It remained a Kingdom inside Austria following the establishment of the [[Empire of Austria (1804–1867)|Austrian Empire]] and when the [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Dual Monarchy]] was created in 1867 it became part of [[Cisleithania]], the Austrian part of the Empire.<ref>{{Citation|author=V. D. Koroliuk, G. E. Sanchuk, K. P. Gogina|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Czechoslovakia|chapter=Czechoslovakia}}</ref>
| |
| | |
| === Czechoslovakia ===
| |
| {{Main article|Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)}}
| |
| | |
| === Socialist period ===
| |
| {{Main article|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1990)}}
| |
| | |
| === Post-counterrevolution ===
| |
| A 1989 survey in Czechoslovakia found that 47% wanted a state controlled economy, 43% wanted a mixed economy whilst only 3% favoured [[capitalism]], but this did not prevent the introduction of capitalism in 1989. Following the fall of the [[Communism|communist]] government [[Václav Havel]] became president, and wasted no time in [[Privatization|privatizing]] state assets, introducing [[free market]] reforms, and repressing the people. Between 1989 and 1995 in Czechia, nearly 80 percent of all enterprises were privatized whilst industrial production shrank by two-thirds. The Czech ruling class also swiftly became a willing participant in western imperialism; selling weapons to [[Fascism|fascist]] regimes in [[Republic of Chile|Chile]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Thailand]] and the [[Republic of the Philippines|Philippines]] whilst eagerly joining the [[United States of America|United States]]' [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Michael Parenti|year=1997|title=Blackshirts and Reds|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Blackshirts_and_Reds}}</ref>
| |
|
| |
|
| == Politics == | | == Politics == |
| Line 24: |
Line 9: |
| [[Category:Countries]] | | [[Category:Countries]] |
| [[Category:European countries]] | | [[Category:European countries]] |
| <references />
| |
| [[Category:Imperialist countries]]
| |
| [[Category:Global north]]
| |
