On The Czech Republic And Slovakia Split National Factors

On January 1st, 1993,the former Czechoslovakia Repulic was officially split into two independent countries,namely the Czech Republic and the Republic of slovokia. The former Czechoslovakia Republic was situated at the centre of Europe and occupied an important political, economic and military position. At the World War II and the cold war period,both the USA and the Soviet Union were trying to control this area.The Czech and the Slovakian nations are neighbours and all belongs to the slav nation,so they share similar languages, culture and even the historical experiences. Their split aroused the attention in Europe and even all over the world, this act once became the international focal point.Many reasons caused their split,but there are two major ones. One is the contradiction between the Czech and the Slovakian nations. The other one is the fault of the Slovakian communist party when making policies to deal with their national problems.Their contradiction originated from the national differences caused by their long—term separation. After the World War II ,under the infulence of the " Soviet mode" ,the government of the Czechoslovakia Republic failed in changing the unequal conditions between the two nations. Because of the intervening of the Soviet union,the problem concerning the state system became more complex and their contradiction was much worse than before. The economic revolution evoked by the drastic change of Eastern Europe intensified the economic unequality between the two nations. The political multiplication also supplied a foundation for the revival of the Czechoslovakian nationalism.All the factors above promoted the disintegration discourse of the former Czechoslovakia Republic. On January 1st, 1993, it was officially split into the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovakia. In this paper,we will discuss about the national factors which caused the split of the Czechoslovakia Republic,our final aim is to investigate the effect of the national problems in the disitegration discourse of the Czech and the Slovakian.