<P> Czechoslovakia, or Czecho - Slovakia (/ ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə, - kə -, - slə -, - ˈvɑː - /; Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko - Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro - Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 . </P> <P> From 1939 to 1945, following its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, the state did not de facto exist but its government - in - exile continued to operate . </P> <P> From 1948 to 1990, Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc with a command economy . Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949 and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of May 1955 . A period of political liberalization in 1968, known as the Prague Spring, was forcibly ended when the Soviet Union, assisted by several other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded . In 1989, as Marxist--Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Europe, Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation . In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Form of state </Dt> </Dl>

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