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The 57 pages that link to Czechoslovakia, each with the reason it gives.

• Warsaw PactRelated: Soviet-led Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 to end the Prague Spring reforms.

• AnschlussRelated: Austria’s absorption strengthened Germany’s strategic position before the crisis over the Sudetenland.

• Velvet RevolutionNarrower topic: The revolution transformed this state before it later divided into two countries.

• Treaty of TrianonRelated: Its claims to Slovak and other territories became part of the treaty's border settlement.

• Second Polish RepublicCompared with: Its competing territorial claims produced conflict over Cieszyn Silesia.

• Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-LayeBroader topic: The treaty recognized Czechoslovakia and assigned it former Habsburg territories.

• Austria-HungaryBroader topic: Its creation embodied one nationalist alternative to the imperial framework.

• Munich AgreementNarrower topic: Its government was excluded from the decisive negotiations and compelled to accept their terms.

• Dissolution of Austria-HungaryBroader topic: It united Czech and Slovak lands formerly governed within Austria-Hungary.

• Pan-SlavismBroader topic: Its founding reflected a national-unity project among two Slavic peoples, not a pan-Slavic federation.

• Invasion of PolandRelated: The destruction of Czechoslovakia strengthened Germany’s position before its move against Poland.

• Czech national revivalRelated: The revival’s cultural nationhood contributed to the political traditions behind the new state.

• Czech languageRelated: Shared state institutions brought Czech and Slovak into sustained public contact.

• Kingdom of BohemiaRelated: It incorporated Bohemia after the monarchy ended.

• SilesiaRelated: Its claims and borders shaped the division of Cieszyn Silesia and Czech Silesia.

• Václav HavelNarrower topic: Havel’s dissidence and first presidency unfolded within this state.

• ComeconRelated: Soviet pressure to reject Marshall Plan participation helped prompt the 1949 creation of Comecon.

• Czech RepublicNarrower topic: The Czech Republic inherited part of its territory and institutions when the federation ended.

• Neville ChamberlainRelated: Chamberlain’s Munich policy accepted the loss of Czechoslovak territory without the state’s participation.

• SeparatismCompared with: Its negotiated dissolution contrasts with unilateral separatist campaigns within a continuing state.

• Dissolution of CzechoslovakiaNarrower topic: The dissolution ended the multinational state whose institutions and territory the successors divided.

• Martina NavratilovaNarrower topic: She grew up and developed as a player in Czechoslovakia before defecting.

• Charter 77Narrower topic: The initiative challenged the communist government governing the country in 1977.

• Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicNarrower topic: The socialist republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia for three decades.

• SlovakiaRelated: Slovakia shared a state with the Czech lands before becoming independent.

• Edvard BenešNarrower topic: Beneš’s political career was shaped by the state he helped found and twice led.

• First Vienna AwardRelated: The award stripped Czechoslovakia of territory shortly before the state’s dissolution.

• German occupation of CzechoslovakiaNarrower topic: The occupation arose from the breakup of this state and targeted its Czech lands.

• SudetenlandNarrower topic: The Sudetenland was a border region within this multiethnic state.

• Czech nationalismBroader topic: Its creation fulfilled the movement’s statehood goal, though it joined multiple national communities.

• Milan KunderaRelated: Kundera grew up and began publishing in Czechoslovakia.

• Miloš FormanNarrower topic: Forman began his filmmaking career within its studios and political constraints.

• Czech national identityNarrower topic: Its creation gave Czech national identity a shared state with Slovaks.

• Czechoslovak National CouncilBroader topic: The council’s independence campaign culminated in the state’s establishment.

• Emil ZátopekNarrower topic: The state’s political history shaped the setting in which Zátopek competed and later faced punishment.

• Ernest GellnerRelated: Gellner’s family moved there from Paris before his emigration to Britain in 1939.

• Madeleine AlbrightNarrower topic: Albright’s family left the country amid political upheaval during her childhood.

• Prague Linguistic CircleNarrower topic: The Circle formed in the new republic’s interwar intellectual milieu.

• West SlavsRelated: Its history shows how two West Slavic peoples shared a state without becoming one nation.

• BratislavaRelated: Bratislava became the capital of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia.

• Jozef TisoNarrower topic: Tiso’s political career unfolded within Czechoslovakia before Slovak separation.

• Krav MagaNarrower topic: Lichtenfeld developed fighting skills while facing antisemitic violence in Bratislava, then part of Czechoslovakia.

• CzechoslovakismBroader topic: It was the state whose unity Czechoslovakism sought to justify.

• Karel ČapekNarrower topic: Čapek wrote amid the new republic's democratic hopes and growing political threats.

• Carl Ferdinand CoriNarrower topic: Cori’s Czech origins and emigration unfolded amid the creation of this state after World War I.

• Tom StoppardNarrower topic: His family’s flight from the Nazi occupation shaped his early biography and later sense of identity.

• Zakarpattia OblastRelated: The region became part of Czechoslovakia after the First World War.

• History of SlovakiaNarrower topic: Slovakia spent most of the twentieth century within this shared state.

• Northern HungaryRelated: Its formation changed the political context of Northern Hungary’s border communities.

• Eliška JunkováNarrower topic: Her public identity and early career took shape in the newly established state.