Slovak Soviet Republic

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Slovak Soviet Republic
Slovenská republika rád
Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság
Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic[citation needed]




  Slovak Soviet Republic
Capital Prešov
Languages Slovak · Hungarian
Government Soviet socialist republic
Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Council Antonín Janoušek
Historical era Interwar period
 -  Proclaimed 16 June 1919
 -  Military intervention 7 July 1919
Proclamation of the Slovak Soviet Republic in Prešov.

The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika rád, Hungarian: Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, literally: "Slovak Republic of Councils" - the name originated before the Russian word soviet (council) became widespread in Slovak and other languages) comprised a very short-lived communist state in south and eastern Slovakia from 16 June to 7 July 1919, with its capital in Prešov,[1] and headed by the Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek.

After the conclusion of World War I in 1918, Czechoslovakia began occupying the area in accordance with the preliminary peace settlements. However, Slovakia (Upper Hungary) was preemptively occupied by Red Guards from the Hungarian Soviet Republic, who set up the Slovak Soviet Republic as a puppet regime.[citation needed] Following a brief war between Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania, Slovakia was fully restored into Czechoslovakia and the Hungarian Soviet Republic was wholly occupied by Romania.

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