Kategória: 4. Creation of the modern states (1918-1920)
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The Land Reform Memorial in Skřipel reads: „The White Mountain was atoned for. 1620-1920. The lands were returned to the Czech people“.
The land reform – Skřipel
The land reform – Skřipel Fact of the Czech figure „The creation of an independent Czechoslovakia” Part of the „Creation…
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German and Czechoslovak border stone as an part of the exposition in the Museum of the Hlučín Region.
Czechoslovakia as a small Babylon of nations – Hlučín
Czechoslovakia as a small Babylon of nations – Hlučín Fact of the Czech figure „The creation of an independent Czechoslovakia”…
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The statue of the good soldier Švejk in Kralupy nad Vltavou. Photo by Albert Králíček.
Hašek’s Švejk – Kralupy and Vltavou
Hašek’s Švejk – Kralupy and Vltavou Fact of the Czech figure „The creation of an independent Czechoslovakia” Part of the…
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Memorial of Czechoslovak Legionaries in Pilsen. Photo by Československá obec legionářská in Pilsen.
Czechoslovak Legionnaires – Plzeň
Czechoslovak Legionnaires – Plzeň Fact of the Czech figure „The creation of an independent Czechoslovakia” Part of the „Creation of…
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850 – 1937)
The creator of the new republic – Tomáš G. Masaryk – Hodonín
The creator of the new republic – Tomáš G. Masaryk – Hodonín Fact of the Czech figure „The creation of…
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Józef Piłsudski opening first session of Polish Sejm 10.02.1919.
Legislative Sejm (Second Polish Republic) – Warsaw
Legislative Sejm (Second Polish Republic) – Warsaw Fact of the Polish figure „The arrival of Piłsudski in Warsaw” Part of…
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The poster titled „Bolshevik Freedom” from the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 depicts Leon Trotsky in a highly evocative manner. It shows him on a pile of skulls, symbolizing the victims of Bolshevik policies, and wielding a bloody knife. This striking and dramatic image was used as anti-Soviet propaganda to convey the brutality and violence associated with the Bolshevik regime during that turbulent period.
Polish-Soviet War – House of the Black Heads, Riga
Polish-Soviet War – House of the Black Heads, Riga Fact of the Polish figure „The arrival of Piłsudski in Warsaw”…
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Appeal of the Central Committee for the Political Equality of Polish Women calling on women to participate in the elections to the Legislative Sejm and fulfill their civic duties. The suffrage movement in the Second Polish Republic saw active participation as an opportunity to influence social reality.
Building the democracy of the newly established state – granting voting rights to women in the Second Polish Republic (1918) – Warsaw
Building the democracy of the newly established state – granting voting rights to women in the Second Polish Republic (1918)…
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Just as the Jan Hus monument in Old Town Square in Prague was a center of national pride for Czechoslovaks, the nearby Marian monument was seen as a symbol of Austro-Hungarian domination. In 1918, a group of protesters destroyed a Marian column as a gesture of overthrowing Habsburg rule.
Jan Hus – national hero ignating Czechoslovak spirit – White Mountain, Prague
Jan Hus – national hero ignating Czechoslovak spirit – White Mountain, Prague Fact of the Polish figure „The arrival of…
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Leitha-Banat – Felsőőr (Oberwart)
Leitha-Banat – Felsőőr (Oberwart) Fact of the Hungarian figure „Arrival of Horthy” Part of the „Creation of the modern states…