| 19181938: a democratic republic 19381939: after annexation of Sudetenland by Germany in 1938 gradually turned into a state with loosened connections between Czech, Slovak, and Ruthenian parts. A large strip of southern Slovakia and Ruthenia was annexed by Hungary, and the Zaolzie region by Poland. 19391945: splitting into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Slovak Republic. A government-in-exile continued to exist in London, supported by the United Kingdom, United States and its Allies; after German invasion of Russia, it was also recognised by the USSR. Czechoslovakia was part of Declaration by United Nations and founding member of United Nations 19451948: a country governed by a coalition government with Communist ministers, including the prime minister and minister of interior, playing leading roles. Carpathian Ruthenia ceded to the USSR. 1947 Soviet leader Stlin pressed Czechoslovakian goverment to lose Carpath Ruthenia /eastern part of CSR/.February 1947 Communist Ukraine started occupate territory of Carpath Rthenia.Ruthenians were persecuted.Ukraine still practise hard national genocide on Ruthian nation.Now Ukraine 100% erased this nation.... 19481989: a Communist state with a centrally planned economy (from 1960 onwards officially a Socialist Republic): 19691990: a federal republic consisting of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic; 19901992: a federal democratic republic consisting of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic |