| Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Československá socialistická republika | |
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| 1948–1990 | |
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| Capital and largest city | Prague |
| Official languages | Czech Slovak |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
| Area | |
• Total | 127,900 km² |
| Population | |
• 1990 estimate | 15,600,000 |
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was a socialist country in Eastern Europe and a member of the Warsaw Pact.
History[edit | edit source]
Revolution[edit | edit source]
After the Second World War, Edvard Beneš formed a bourgeois coalition government that included KSČ members in the cabinet. Stalin supported a coalition government in order to avoid angering the West, but John J. McCloy met with Czechoslovak officials and planned to make Czechoslovakia part of the Marshall Plan, which would put it under U.S. control. In February 1948, the workers' militia and trade unions overthrew Beneš with popular support and created a socialist state.[1]
1968 counterrevolution attempt[edit | edit source]
See main article: Prague Spring
Economy[edit | edit source]
In 1967, industrial production in Czechoslovakia was five times higher than before the Second World War. Industry grew the fastest in Slovakia, where it increased by 13 times and rose to 20% of the country's total production from only 7% before the war. Czechoslovakia produced more steel per capita than the USA or UK and more electricity per capita than France.[2]
Foreign relations[edit | edit source]
In the 1960s, Czechoslovakia sent aid to Cuba, Egypt, Korea, Tanzania, and Vietnam.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sam Marcy (1968). Czechoslovakia 1968: The Class Character of the Events: 'Postscript'. [MIA]
- ↑ Herbert Aptheker (1969). Czechoslovakia and Counter-Revolution: 'Socialism's Accomplishments' (p. 18). New York City: New Outlook Publishers.
- ↑ Sam Marcy (1968). Czechoslovakia 1968: The Class Character of the Events: 'Before the Warsaw Pact intervention'. [MIA]