Tag Archives: Vaclav Havel

20th Century Czechoslovakia

The 20th century This is mercilessly long. Just a little heads-up. But it is such a great story. Post World War I… World War I ended with the end of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the Czechs, free at last, won … Continue reading

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The Czech Republic

Things stay the same in the Czech Republic (or Bohemia, or Czechoslovakia, or whatever name it is known by), for a long long time. Centuries sometimes. And then – suddenly – everything collapses, spectacularly, in a matter of 2 weeks. … Continue reading

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