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Antonín Janoušek
Antonín Janoušek (22 August 1877 – 30 March 1941) was a Czech journalist and communist politician. He was the leader of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic. Life and career Originally an engine fitter, in 1895, Janoušek became a member of the Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party. In 1906, he became a workers journalists and a functionary of workers associations in Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military .... Communist activities In 1919, Janoušek led the Czech and Slovak section at the central committee of the Hungarian Communist Party. He was the only “chairman of the revolutionary committee” (''predseda revolučného výboru'') of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic, proclaimed in Prešov on 20 June 1919. The republic was crea ...
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Slovak Soviet Republic
The Slovak Soviet Republic (, , , literally: 'Slovak Republic of Councils') was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Its capital city was Prešov, and it was established and headed by Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek. It was the fourth communist state created in history. The Slovak Soviet Republic was created under the influence of the Hungarian Soviet Republic during the transitional wave of communist protests and revolutions after the October Revolution in 1917 and World War I. It was dependent on Budapest, and in the background of its creation were efforts to restore the Kingdom of Hungary, which had disappeared shortly before at the end of 1918. History In 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied northern Hungary up to the demarcation line set by the Entente Powers. Upon the communist takeover of Hungary in March 1919, and the subsequent Romanian invasion that only halted at the Tisza river, Czechoslovakia als ...
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Kladno (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and has a rich industrial history. Administrative division Kladno consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kladno (22,585) *Dubí (2,059) *Kročehlavy (34,972) *Rozdělov (2,678) *Švermov (5,038) *Vrapice (424) Etymology The name Kladno is derived from the Czech word ''kláda'', meaning "log". In Old Czech, the word ''kladno'' denoted a mature forest from which logs were obtained. Geography Kladno is located about northwest of Prague. It lies in a mostly flat landscape of the Prague Plateau, albeit in the north the terrain becomes hillier. The highest point is at above sea level, and the lowest at above sea level. There are no large bodies of water within city limits, only several small creeks. The city limits contain two nature monuments: Žraločí zuby and Krnčí a Voleška. Hi ...
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