Slovak People's Republic

Not to be confused with Slovak Soviet Republic or Slovak Socialist Republic.

Eastern Slovak Republic
Východoslovenská republika
Tót Népköztársaság
1918–1918
Flag of Heinzenland
Flag
StatusUnrecognized state
CapitalKošice
Common languagesSlovak, Hungarian, German
GovernmentRepublic
Historical eraWorld War I
• Established
December 11 1918
• Disestablished
December 29 1918
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
First Hungarian Republic
First Czechoslovak Republic

Slovak People's Republic (Slovak: Slovenská ľudová republika) or the Eastern Slovak Republic (Slovak: Východoslovenská republika) was a short-lived state that lasted from 11 December to 29 December 1918.

The Eastern Slovak National Council was established as an organisation concurrent to the Slovak National Council in November 1918.[1] The council was led by Viktor Dvorcsák [sk], an advocate and ex-archivist from Prešov working for the Hungarian revisionist movement.[2] Before the war, Dvorcsák created a theory about so-called Slovjaks, allegedly an independent nation living in Eastern Slovakia. After the war, he defended the integrity of the historic Hungary, and when he was unsuccessful, he declared that the Slovjaks should exercise the right to self-determination and proclaimed Eastern Slovak People's Republic on 11 December 1918 in Košice. Dvorcsák became the president and tried to orientate his state toward the unity with Hungary.[3] His activities met with the disagreement of several national councils in eastern Slovakia.[4] The state ceased to exist shortly after with the arrival of the Czechoslovak Army. Dvorcsák fled to Budapest, where he worked for Hungarian irredentism and lobbied abroad for the revision.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rychlík 2015, p. 71.
  2. ^ a b Deák 1991, p. 18.
  3. ^ Rychlík 2015, p. 72.
  4. ^ Jancura 2008.

Sources

  • Deák, Ladislav (1991). Hra o Slovensko [The Game for Slovakia] (in Slovak). Bratislava: VEDA, Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. ISBN 80-224-0370-9.
  • Rychlík, Jan (2015). Česi a Slováci ve 20. století: Spolupráce a konflikty 1914-1992 [Czechs and Slovaks in the 20th Century: Cooperation and Conflicts 1914-1992] (in Czech). Praha: Vyšehrad. ISBN 978-80-7429-631-4.
  • Jancura, Vladimír (11 December 2008). "Keď východniari mali vlastnú republiku" [When Eastern Slovaks had their own republic]. Pravda (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 June 2016.