Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1968.
After World War Two, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence.
In 1993, Czechoslovakia ceased to exist, splitting into separate Czech and Slovak republics.
The disintegration of the former republic of Czechoslovakia was achieved entirely without violence.
In October of 1944, Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia as German forces retreated during World War Two.
In one Czechoslovakian church there is a chandelier made of human bones, the remains of former worshippers.
In February of 1990, the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw all of its 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July 1991.
In 1969, student Jan Palach set fire to himself in Wenceslas Square in Prague in protest at the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The federation of Czechoslovakia dissolved peacefully on January 1, 1993 to become the independent nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In November of 1992, the government of Czechoslovakia voted to split the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics as of January 1, 1993.
Many of those who resisted the communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia were ruthlessly eliminated by execution, torture and starvation in labor camps.
Opened in 1988, it was the last building built under the Soviet era in the then Czechoslovakia.
The Germans and Magyars (Hungarians) of Czechoslovakia openly agitated against the territorial settlements.