<P> Czechoslovakia remained the only democracy in this part of Europe in the interwar period . However , the Czech part of Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in World War II , while the Slovak region became the Slovak Republic ; Czechoslovakia was liberated in 1945 by the armies of the Soviet Union and the United States . The Czech country lost the majority of its German - speaking inhabitants after they were expelled following the war . The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia won the 1946 elections and after the 1948 coup d'état , Czechoslovakia became a one - party communist state under Soviet influence . In 1968 , increasing dissatisfaction with the regime culminated in a reform movement known as the Prague Spring , which ended in a Soviet - led invasion . Czechoslovakia remained occupied until the 1989 Velvet Revolution , when the communist regime collapsed and market economy was reintroduced . On 1 January 1993 , Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved , with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia . The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004 . </P>
<P> Czechoslovakia remained the only democracy in this part of Europe in the interwar period . However , the Czech part of Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in World War II , while the Slovak region became the Slovak Republic ; Czechoslovakia was liberated in 1945 by the armies of the Soviet Union and the United States . The Czech country lost the majority of its German - speaking inhabitants after they were expelled following the war . The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia won the 1946 elections and after the 1948 coup d'état , Czechoslovakia became a one - party communist state under Soviet influence . In 1968 , increasing dissatisfaction with the regime culminated in a reform movement known as the Prague Spring , which ended in a Soviet - led invasion . Czechoslovakia remained occupied until the 1989 Velvet Revolution , when the communist regime collapsed and market economy was reintroduced . On 1 January 1993 , Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved , with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia . The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004 . </P>
when did the czech republic became a country
when did the czech republic became a country
1 January 1993
1 January 1993