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Everything Everywhere Daily

The Velvet Revolution and The Velvet Divorce

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The country of Czechoslovakia was born and died in the 20th century.  It was created after a war, suffered through another war, was occupied during the Cold War, and was finally liberated in 1989.  Once it did become free of Soviet Rule, they decided that maybe they should never have been made into a country in the first place.  Unlike almost every country that came before it, it managed to dissolve without any violence.  Learn more about Czechoslovakia, the Velvet Revolution, and the Velvet Divorce on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. ExpressVPN Go to expressvpn.com/EED to get an extra four months of ExpressVPN for free!w Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The country of Czechoslovakia was born and died in the 20th century. It was created after a war,

0:06.8

suffered through another war, was occupied during the Cold War, and finally was liberated in 1989.

0:13.0

Once it did become free of Soviet rule, they decided that maybe they never should have been

0:18.0

made into a country in the first place. Unlike almost every country that came before it, it managed to dissolve without any violence.

0:27.2

Learn more about Czechoslovakia, the Velvet Revolution, and the Velvet Divorce, on this episode of Everything Everywhere daily.

0:51.3

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1:53.9

Czechoslovakia was not a historic country with a long history.

1:57.3

It was created in the aftermath of World War I from mainly three historic regions,

2:02.5

Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. All three regions were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

2:09.3

before the war. However, they had different histories. Bohemia and Moravia were crown lands of

2:16.3

the Austrian half of the empire, with a large

2:18.6

Czech population but also significant German and Jewish communities.

2:23.6

Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, where Slovak's were subject to majorization

2:27.7

policies that restricted their language and cultural expression.

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