Was there a Czechoslovakia in 1900?

Czechoslovakia was established in late 1918 after Austria-Hungary dissolved when it lost the World War I. The idea of Czechoslovakia was actually extremely recent at that time. read more

Czechoslovakia declared independence from Austria-Hungary in October 1918 following the defeat of the Central Powers (in which Austria-Hungary was a member) in the First World War. In short, there was no independent state called Czechoslovakia in the year 1900. read more

Lukes, Igor. 'Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler', Oxford University Press 1996, ISBN 0-19-510267-3; Olivová, V. The Doomed Democracy: Czechoslovakia in a Disrupted Europe 1914-38 (1972) Orzoff, Andrea. Battle for the Castle: The Myth of Czechoslovakia in Europe 1914-1948 (Oxford University Press, 2009); online review; Steiner, Eugen. read more

Czechoslovakia was only a united group of lands between the end of WWI and the fall of Communism. It's now 3 different countries. They were never all that friendly, but it was a bit of "economies of scale" that kept them together for convenience. read more