Czechoslovak declaration of independence
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The Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence or the Washington Declaration (Czech: Washingtonská deklarace; Slovak: Washingtonská deklarácia) was drafted in Washington, D.C., and published by Czechoslovakia's Paris-based Provisional Government on 18 October 1918.[1] The creation of the document, officially the Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation by Its Provisional Government (Czech: Prohlášení nezávislosti československého národa zatímní vládou československou), was prompted by the imminent collapse of the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which the Czech and Slovak lands had been part for almost 400 years, following the First World War.
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Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence | |
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Created | 18 October 1918 |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Author(s) | Czechoslovak National Council |
Signatories | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Milan Rastislav Štefánik Edvard Beneš |
Purpose | To announce and explain separation of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary |