Slovakia History Made Easy: The Essential Illustrated Guide to Slovakia’s History and Culture

Slovakia’s valleys and mountain passes have carried Celts, Romans, Slavs, miners, reformers, migrants, soldiers, and citizens building a republic of their own. Prehistoric settlement, Great Moravia, the Kingdom of Hungary, mining towns, Pressburg, religious reform, the national awakening, railways, Czechoslovakia, the wartime Slovak Republic, the Slovak National Uprising, communism, the Velvet Revolution, independence in 1993, and contemporary Europe make up the route.

Did You Know?

- Did you know Bratislava was widely known as Pressburg and Pozsony before its official Slovak name took hold?

- Did you know Great Moravia connected the territory to an early Slavic political and Christian world?

- Did you know silver and copper helped create some of Central Europe’s most important mountain towns?

- Did you know Slovak language activism grew within the multilingual Kingdom of Hungary?

- Did you know the wartime Slovak Republic enacted antisemitic laws and organized deportations?

- Did you know the Slovak National Uprising brought together a broad but divided resistance in 1944?

What This Book Includes

- Great Moravia, mountain towns, Pressburg, Czechoslovakia, uprising, communism, and independence marking changes in rule and identity.

- Mining, language, faith, industry, war, dictatorship, and democratic change.

- Czech, Hungarian, German, Jewish, Romani, Rusyn, and Slovak connections woven through towns, borders, and political change.

- Czechoslovakia, the 1993 split, and modern political memory explained through the choices that created an independent Slovakia.