Slovak Soviet Republic

Slovak Soviet Republic
Slovenská republika rád
Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság
Словацька Радянська Республіка
Slovak Soviet Republic Slovenská republika rád; Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság; Словацька Радянська Республіка
1919–1919
	Flag Coat of Arms
	Motto: "Proletari caleho šveta, spojce še!"; "Workers of the world, unite!"
	Anthem: "Internacionála"; The Internationale; Menu 0:00
	Slovak Soviet Republic
Status	Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Capital	Prešov
Common languages	Slovak; Hungarian; Ukrainian;
Government	Soviet socialist republic
Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Council
Historical era	Interwar period
• Proclaimed	16 June 1919
• Military intervention	7 July 1919
ISO 3166 code	SK
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
	Hungarian Soviet Republic
	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika rád, Hungarian: Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, Ukrainian: Словацька Радянська Республіка, literally: "Slovak Republic of Councils") was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919.^[1] Its capital city was Prešov and was established and headed by Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek. It was the fourth communist state created in history.

In 1918, Czechoslovak troops began occupying northern Hungary in accordance with the territorial promises that the Triple Entente made to Czechoslovak politicians during World War I. However, Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia) was occupied by Hungarian troops from the Hungarian Soviet Republic, who helped create the Slovak Soviet Republic.

Following a brief war among Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania, the Slovak Soviet Republic fell and later the territory was incorporated into Czechoslovakia.

Proclamation of the Slovak Soviet Republic in Prešov

SRR Memorial in Prešov

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^ World Statesmen.org - Slovakia

hide v t Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood
	Pre-1918	1918–1938	1938–1945		1945–1948	1948–1989		1989–1992	1993–
Bohemia Moravia Silesia	Austrian Empire	First Republic^a	Sudetenland^b		Third Republic	Czechoslovak Republic^e 1948–1960	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic^f 1960–1990	Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990–1992	Czech Republic
Bohemia Moravia Silesia	Austrian Empire		Second Republic^c 1938–1939	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939–1945					Czech Republic
Slovakia	Kingdom of Hungary			Slovak Republic 1939–1945					Slovakia
Slovakia				Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine^d					Slovakia
Subcarpathian Ruthenia				Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine^d	Zakarpattia Oblast^g 1944 / 1946 – 1991			Zakarpattia Oblast^h 1991–present
	Austria-Hungary		Czechoslovak government-in-exile
^a ČSR; boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution. ^b Annexed by Nazi Germany. ^c ČSR; included the autonomous regions of Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia. ^d Annexed by Hungary (1939–1945).			^e ČSR; declared a "people's democracy" (without a formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution following the 1948 coup. ^f ČSSR; from 1969, after the Prague Spring, consisted of the Czech Socialist Republic (ČSR) and Slovak Socialist Republic (SSR). ^g Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. ^h Oblast of Ukraine.

Slovak Soviet Republic

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