Tell us about the music, food, holidays, traditions, costumes, language and other qualities that make Slovaks so special.
Videos of Slovak music performed by Tri Slovenske Mamicky
The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. (facts courtesy of CIA World Fact Book)
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