'''Czechoslovakia''' or '''Czecho-Slovakia'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles1-30.htm|title=Treaty of Versailles|date=1919|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> (''Československo'' or ''Česko-Slovensko''<ref name="KulturaSlova">{{cite web|url= http://juls.savba.sk/ediela/ks/1990/6/ks1990-6.lq.pdf|title= Ján Kačala: Máme nový názov federatívnej republiky (The New Name of the Federal Republic), In: Kultúra Slova (official publication of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics) 6/1990 pp. 192-197}}</ref>) was a [[sovereign state]] in [[Central Europe]] which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the [[Austria–Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]], until 1992. From 1939 to 1945 the state did not have [[de facto]] existence, due to its forced division and partial incorporation into [[Nazi Germany]], but the [[Czechoslovak government-in-exile]] nevertheless continued to exist during this time period. In 1945 the eastern part of [[Carpathian Ruthenia]] was taken over by the [[සෝවියට් සංගමය]]. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia|peacefully split]] into the '''[[Czech Republic]] '''and '''[[Slovakia]]'''.
