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Czechoslovak Republic Československá republika | |||||||||||||||||||
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1945–1948 | |||||||||||||||||||
Motto: Pravda vítězí / Pravda víťazí "Truth prevails" | |||||||||||||||||||
Anthem:
Lightning Over the Tatras | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() Territory of the Third Czechoslovak Republic | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Prague | ||||||||||||||||||
Official languages | Czechoslovak (Czech and Slovak) | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | Parliamentary republic | ||||||||||||||||||
President | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1945–1948 | Edvard Beneš | ||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1945–1946 | Zdeněk Fierlinger | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1946–1948 | Klement Gottwald | ||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
24 October 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
25 February 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Czechoslovak koruna | ||||||||||||||||||
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History of Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Third Czechoslovak Republic (Czech: Třetí Československá republika; Slovak: Tretia česko-slovenská republika), officially the Czechoslovak Republic (Czech: Československá republika; Slovak: Československá republika), was a sovereign state from April 1945 to February 1948 following the end of World War II.
After the fall of Nazi Germany, the country was reformed and reassigned coterminous borders as its pre-war predecessor state, First Czechoslovak Republic; it likewise restored the predecessor's international recognition. Due to the rise of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence, and this circumstance dominated any plans or strategies for post-war reconstruction. Consequently, the political and economic organisation of Czechoslovakia became largely a matter of negotiations between Edvard Beneš and the Communist Party members exiled in Moscow.
In February 1948, the Communist Party seized full power in a coup d'état.[1] Despite the country's official name remaining the Czechoslovak Republic until 1960, when it was changed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, events of February 1948 are considered the end of the Third Republic.
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