Museum Of The Slovak National Uprising
Museum of the Slovak National Uprising ( sk, Múzeum Slovenského národného povstania) is a museum in Banská Bystrica that commemorates the Slovak National Uprising The Slovak National Uprising ( sk, Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance movement was represented mainly by the members of the ..., an antifascist revolt during World War II. The museum documents the history of the Slovak state 1939-1945 and the Slovak National Uprising aimed against the Slovak government which collaborated with Nazi Germany. The Slovak National Uprising was not an insurgency but an organized military effort by the Allied recognised resistance army - The 1st Czechoslovak army in Slovakia. The Slovak National Uprising (Slovak: Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance mo ...
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Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With approximately 76,000 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present-day town was founded by German settlers during the Middle Ages (as part of the ''Ostsiedlung''), however it was built upon a former Slavic/ Slovakian settlement. It obtained the municipal privileges of a free royal town of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1255. The copper mining town acquired its present picturesque look in the late Middle Ages when the prosperous burghers built its central churches, mansions, and fortifications. It is the capital of the ''kraj'' (more specifically Banská Bystrica Region) and the ''okres'' (Banská Bystrica District). It is also the home of Matej Bel University. As a historical t ...
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Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising ( sk, Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance movement was represented mainly by the members of the Democratic Party, but also by social democrats and Communists, albeit on a smaller scale. It was launched on 29 August 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to resist German troops that had occupied Slovak territory and to overthrow the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso. Although the resistance was largely defeated by German forces, guerrilla operations continued until the Red Army, Czechoslovak Army and Romanian Army occupied the Slovak Republic in 1945. In the post-war period, many political entities, mainly the Communists, attempted to "hijack" the uprising to their credit. The Communist regime in Czechoslovakia presented the Uprising as an event initiated and governed by Communist forces. Some Slovak nationalists, on the ot ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ...
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Museums In Slovakia
This is a list of museums in Slovakia. *Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art *Bratislava City Gallery * Bratislava City Museum * Bratislava Transport Museum *East Slovak Gallery * East Slovak Museum * House of the Good Shepherd * Museum of Danube Komarno * Museum of the Slovak Village * Orthodox synagogue in Bratislava *Slovak National Gallery *Slovak National Museum * Slovak National Museum in Martin * Slovak Red Cross Museum * Slovak Technical Museum * Small Carpathian Museum * St. Urban Tower See also * Open-air museums in Slovakia * Museums and galleries of Bratislava *List of museums * Tourism in Slovakia *Culture of Slovakia {{Europe topic, List of museums in Museums Museums Slovakia Museums Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to th ...