Velvet Divorce

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The Velvet Divorce was the peaceful 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.


Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf dissolution of state
historical event
peaceful dissolution
alsoKnownAs Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
characterizedBy absence of armed conflict
negotiated political agreement
peaceful transition
continent Europe
countryDissolved Czechoslovakia
effectiveDate 1993-01-01
endDate 1993-01-01
followed Velvet Revolution
hasCause different economic priorities of Czech and Slovak republics
political disagreements between Czech and Slovak leaders
rise of national movements in Czech lands and Slovakia
hasEffect creation of independent Czech Republic
creation of independent Slovakia
end of Czechoslovakia as a federal state
peaceful split of Czechoslovakia
hasParticipant Czech Republic
Slovakia
isConsidered example of peaceful secession
model of negotiated state dissolution
languageOfName English
legalForm dissolution of a federation
location Czechoslovakia
partOf post-Cold War political changes in Europe
precededBy collapse of communist regime in Czechoslovakia
federalization of Czechoslovakia
reasonForName peaceful nature of the split
resultedIn Czech Republic
Slovakia
sharesNamePatternWith Velvet Revolution
startDate 1992-01-01
tookPlaceAfter end of the Cold War
year 1993

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Slovak Republic Day
relatedEvent
Czechoslovakia
significantEvent

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