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Czechs and Slovaks are two distinct "tribes". The fact that they existed together as one nation in the first place was somewhat arbitrary. That said, the fact
by nakedrobot2 13y ago
Czechs and Slovaks are two distinct "tribes". The fact that they existed together as one nation in the first place was somewhat arbitrary.
That said, the fact that they were split again into two nations was somewhat arbitrary as well, not everyone was in favor of that, not by a long shot.
- a8da6b0c91d 13y agoThe Slovaks were sort of reluctantly dragged into the union by the Czechs in the first place. The Slovaks were much more Catholic and traditionalist and quite comfortable with the Austro Hungarians.
- Squarex 13y agoI don't think they were comfortable with the Austria-Hungary at all. They were oppressed by Hungarians much more than Czechs by Austrians. Slovaks and Hungarians have pretty complicated relations even in present day.