SK: 70th anniversary celebration of the liberation of Bratislava, the end of World War II
70. výročí osvobození Bratislavy, konec II.světové války
Vojnový pamätník Slavín, ktorý sa týči na Bratislavou, nie je pamätníkom ideológie, ale víťazstva a odvahy. Vo svojom príhovore to vyhlásil dnes predseda vlády SR Robert Fico, ktorý si spolu s ruským ministrom zahraničných vecí Sergejom Lavrovom prišiel na Slavín uctiť pamiatku padlých sovietskych vojakov, a taktiež pripomenúť 70. výročie oslobodenia Bratislavy. Na spomienkovej slávnosti sa zúčastnili aj ďalší predstavitelia slovenskej vlády.
Predseda vlády vnímal svoju prítomnosť na Slavíne ako prejav hlbokej úcty, ktorú pociťuje ako premiér, ale aj ako občan Bratislavy. Je to vyjadrením vďaky tým, ktorí obetovali životy za záchranu životov našich rodičov, nás a našich detí, uviedol Fico. Myslí si, že obetovať vlastný život za život druhého človeka zostáva hrdinstvom v každom čase a historickom období vývoja spoločnosti. Hrdinstvo, ktoré títo muži a medzi nimi aj mladí chlapci aj vo veku i môjho syna preukázali, je odkazom nám živým, podotkol premiér.
Šéf ruskej diplomacie vyjadril vďačnosť slovenskej vláde za starostlivé zachovanie pamiatky sovietskych vojakov a údržbu vojnových hrobov. Rusko a Slovensko má podľa jeho slov rovnaký pohľad na vojnové dianie. Ako skonštatoval Lavrov, nesmie sa dopustiť zopakovanie dejín 2. svetovej vojny.
Sme nacielení na to, aby sa tieto udalosti nikdy nezopakovali a aby OSN bola centrom zaistenia bezpečnosti vo svete. Aby sa nikto nesnažil dominovať vo svete a podriaďovať iných proti svojej vôli, dodal Lavrov.
Minister zahraničných vecí Ruska následne odovzdal slovenským veteránom pamätnú medailu.
Na Slavín prišlo aj niekoľko stoviek ľudí, ktorí držali v rukách slovenské a ruské vlajky, niektorí aj protestné transparenty proti NATO. Ministra Lavrova s premiérom Ficom privítali veľkým potleskom. Uctiť pamiatku padlých vojakov a pripomenúť si 70. výročie oslobodenia Bratislavy na Slavín prišiel ešte pred príchodom šéfa ruskej diplomacie a predsedu vlády SR aj prezident SR Andrej Kiska.
70th anniversary celebration of the liberation of Bratislava, the end of World War II
War memorial Slavin, which towers over Bratislava, it is a monument of ideology, but of victory and courage. In his speech to declare today Prime Minister Robert Fico, who, along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived at Slavin commemorate the fallen Soviet soldiers, and also recalled the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Bratislava. In commemoration was also attended by other representatives of the Slovak government.
Prime Minister perceived their presence on the Slavin as an expression of deep respect, that feels as prime minister, but also as a citizen of Bratislava. It's an expression of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives to save the lives of our parents, us and our children, said Fico. They think that sacrifice their lives for the life of another human remains heroism at any time and historical period of development. Heroism, that these men and among them young boys aged well and my son showed us the link is live, said the Prime Minister.
The head of Russian diplomacy expressed his gratitude to the Slovak Government for careful keeping alive the memory of Soviet soldiers and maintenance of war graves. Russia and Slovakia, in his words the same view on war events. As stated Lavrov, not to let history repeats WW2.
We are targeting to ensure that these events never repeat the UN and that was the center of ensuring security in the world. To anyone not trying to dominate the world and bringing others against their will, said Lavrov.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia subsequently gave Slovak veterans memorial medal.
In Slavin had several hundred people who held in his hands Slovak and Russian flags, and some protest banners against NATO. Minister Lavrov welcomed Prime Minister Fico great applause. Honor the memory of fallen soldiers and remember the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Bratislava on Slavin came before the arrival of the chief of Russian diplomacy and the Prime Minister and the President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska.
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Slovakia: Night Wolves' 'Ride of Peace' ends at Slavin memorial in Bratislava
The Night Wolves concluded their Ride of Peace through Slovakia on Sunday, with the gang making it to Bratislava to visit the Slavin monument to the Soviet Red Army soldiers killed liberating Czechoslovakia in WWII.
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Night Wolves bikers laid flowers at the Olsany Cemetery in Prague on Saturday to honour the Soviet soldiers who lost their lives during World War II.
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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union. On either side of the Iron Curtain, states developed their own international economic and military alliances:
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Russia: Activists rally against abortion in Moscow
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Orthodox Christians and anti-abortion activists held a rally on Sunday on Lermontov square in Moscow. The rally was organised by the group For - a ban on abortion!, coinciding with Children's Day which is celebrated in Russia on June 1.
Earlier this week the same group claimed to have collected 100,000 signatures on a petition to have abortion criminalised. Abortion was first legalised by the Soviet Union in 1920.
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00:01:56 1 Early life
00:05:59 2 Collapse of Austria-Hungary
00:06:56 3 The first Czechoslovak republic
00:14:09 4 Autonomous Slovak Region
00:17:52 5 Slovak secession
00:20:49 6 Anti-semitism and deportation of Jews
00:26:57 7 Conviction and execution
00:31:44 8 Reputation
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Jozef Tiso (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzɛf ˈtisɔ]; 13 October 1887 –18 April 1947) was a Slovak politician and Roman Catholic priest who governed the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he was executed in 1947 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bratislava.
Born in 1887 to Slovak parents in Bytča, then part of Austria-Hungary, Tiso studied several languages during his school career, including Hebrew and German. He was introduced to priesthood from an early age and helped combat local poverty and alcoholism in what is now Slovakia. He joined the Slovak People's Party (Slovenská ľudová strana) in 1918 and became party leader in 1938 following the death of Andrej Hlinka. When Nazi Germany seized Czechoslovakia in 1938, the German authorities founded the Slovak Republic out of Czechoslovakia, while the Czech portion became the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Tiso became the Republic's President in 1939.
Tiso collaborated with Germany in deportations of Jews, deporting many Slovak Jews to extermination and concentration camps in Germany, while some Jews in Slovakia were murdered outright. An anti-fascist partisan insurgency was waged against Tiso, culminating in the Slovak National Uprising in 1944, which was suppressed by German authorities with many of its leaders executed.
When the Soviet Red Army overran the last parts of western Slovakia in April 1945, Tiso fled to Austria and then Germany where American troops arrested him and then had him extradited back to the reformed Czechoslovakia, where he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and then executed by hanging in 1947 and buried in Bratislava.
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Slovakia ( ( listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] ( listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness. The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leave in the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes. In 2018, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 10th in the world. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union. The car industry represents 43% of Slovakia's industrial output, and a quarter of its exports.
Slovakia | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:01 1 Etymology
00:04:46 2 History
00:06:25 2.1 Bronze Age
00:07:28 2.2 Iron Age
00:07:36 2.2.1 Hallstatt Period
00:08:45 2.2.2 La Tène Period
00:09:39 2.2.3 Roman Period
00:11:10 2.3 Great invasions from the 4th to 7th centuries
00:12:15 2.4 Slavic states
00:13:06 2.5 Great Moravia (830–before 907)
00:17:12 2.6 Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918)
00:21:21 2.7 Czechoslovakia (1918–1939)
00:23:35 2.8 World War II (1939–1945)
00:26:08 2.9 Soviet influence and Communist party rule (1948–1989)
00:27:26 2.10 Establishment of the Slovak Republic (after 1993)
00:28:57 3 Geography
00:29:45 3.1 Tatra mountains
00:31:09 3.2 National parks
00:31:25 3.3 Caves
00:32:05 3.4 Rivers
00:33:42 3.5 Climate
00:37:18 4 Biodiversity
00:38:04 4.1 Fungi
00:38:48 5 Politics and government
00:40:56 5.1 Foreign relations
00:42:21 5.2 Military
00:43:32 5.3 Human rights
00:44:36 5.4 Administrative divisions
00:46:02 6 Economy
00:49:35 6.1 Industry
00:51:25 6.2 Energy
00:53:24 6.3 Transportation
00:55:17 6.4 Tourism
00:58:23 6.5 Science
00:59:38 7 Demographics
01:00:44 7.1 Languages
01:01:58 7.2 Religion
01:03:32 7.3 Education
01:05:27 8 Culture
01:05:36 8.1 Folk tradition
01:07:21 8.2 Art
01:08:32 8.3 Literature
01:10:00 8.4 Cuisine
01:11:46 8.5 Sport
01:14:22 9 See also
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Slovakia ( (listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
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Slovakia ( (listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness. The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leave in the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes. In 2018, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 10th in the world. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union. The car industry represents 43% of Slovakia's industrial output, and a quarter of its exports.
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00:04:01 1 Etymology
00:04:46 2 History
00:06:25 2.1 Bronze Age
00:07:28 2.2 Iron Age
00:07:36 2.2.1 Hallstatt Period
00:08:45 2.2.2 La Tène Period
00:09:39 2.2.3 Roman Period
00:11:10 2.3 Great invasions from the 4th to 7th centuries
00:12:15 2.4 Slavic states
00:13:06 2.5 Great Moravia (830–before 907)
00:17:12 2.6 Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918)
00:21:21 2.7 Czechoslovakia (1918–1939)
00:23:35 2.8 World War II (1939–1945)
00:26:08 2.9 Soviet influence and Communist party rule (1948–1989)
00:27:26 2.10 Establishment of the Slovak Republic (after 1993)
00:28:57 3 Geography
00:29:45 3.1 Tatra mountains
00:31:09 3.2 National parks
00:31:25 3.3 Caves
00:32:05 3.4 Rivers
00:33:42 3.5 Climate
00:37:18 4 Biodiversity
00:38:04 4.1 Fungi
00:38:48 5 Politics and government
00:40:56 5.1 Foreign relations
00:42:21 5.2 Military
00:43:32 5.3 Human rights
00:44:36 5.4 Administrative divisions
00:46:02 6 Economy
00:49:35 6.1 Industry
00:51:25 6.2 Energy
00:53:24 6.3 Transportation
00:55:17 6.4 Tourism
00:58:24 6.5 Science
00:59:39 7 Demographics
01:00:45 7.1 Languages
01:01:58 7.2 Religion
01:03:33 7.3 Education
01:05:28 8 Culture
01:05:37 8.1 Folk tradition
01:07:21 8.2 Art
01:08:33 8.3 Literature
01:10:00 8.4 Cuisine
01:11:46 8.5 Sport
01:14:23 9 See also
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- Socrates
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Slovakia ( (listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
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00:03:57 1 Etymology
00:04:41 2 History
00:06:20 2.1 Bronze Age
00:07:21 2.2 Iron Age
00:07:29 2.2.1 Hallstatt Period
00:08:37 2.2.2 La Tène Period
00:09:30 2.2.3 Roman Period
00:10:59 2.3 Great invasions from the 4th to 7th centuries
00:12:03 2.4 Slavic states
00:12:54 2.5 Great Moravia (830–before 907)
00:16:58 2.6 Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918)
00:21:02 2.7 Czechoslovakia (1918–1939)
00:23:14 2.8 World War II (1939–1945)
00:25:44 2.9 Soviet influence and Communist party rule (1948–1989)
00:27:00 2.10 Establishment of the Slovak Republic (after 1993)
00:28:30 3 Geography
00:29:17 3.1 Tatra mountains
00:30:40 3.2 National parks
00:30:56 3.3 Caves
00:31:37 3.4 Rivers
00:33:13 3.5 Climate
00:36:44 4 Biodiversity
00:37:31 4.1 Fungi
00:38:14 5 Politics and government
00:40:20 5.1 Foreign relations
00:41:46 5.2 Military
00:42:54 5.3 Human rights
00:43:59 5.4 Administrative divisions
00:45:22 6 Economy
00:48:51 6.1 Industry
00:50:37 6.2 Energy
00:52:32 6.3 Transportation
00:54:24 6.4 Tourism
00:57:25 6.5 Science
00:58:39 7 Demographics
00:59:43 7.1 Languages
01:00:55 7.2 Religion
01:02:28 7.3 Education
01:04:21 8 Culture
01:04:30 8.1 Folk tradition
01:06:13 8.2 Art
01:07:22 8.3 Literature
01:08:49 8.4 Cuisine
01:10:33 8.5 Sport
01:13:06 9 See also
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SUMMARY
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Slovakia ( (listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
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Slovakia ( ( listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] ( listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness. The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leave in the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes. In 2018, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 10th in the world. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union. The car industry represents 43% of Slovakia's industrial output, and a quarter of its exports.
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Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Slovakia ( (listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] (listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness. The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leave in the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes. In 2018, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 10th in the world. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union. The car industry represents 43% of Slovakia's industrial output, and a quarter of its exports.