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Slovak Soviet Republic | |||||||||||||
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16 June – 7 July 1919 | |||||||||||||
Motto: "Proletari šickich krajin, spojte še!" "Workers of the world, unite!" | |||||||||||||
Anthem: "Internacionála" The Internationale | |||||||||||||
Status | Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic | ||||||||||||
Capital | Prešov | ||||||||||||
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Government | Soviet socialist republic | ||||||||||||
Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Council | |||||||||||||
• 1919 | Antonín Janoušek | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||
• Proclaimed | 16 June 1919 | ||||||||||||
• Military intervention | 7 July 1919 | ||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | SK | ||||||||||||
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The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika rád, Hungarian: Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, Ukrainian: Словацька Радянська Республіка, romanized: Slovatska Radianska Respublika, literally: 'Slovak Republic of Councils') was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919.[1] Its capital city was Prešov,[2] and it was established and headed by Czech journalist Antonín Janoušek. It was the fourth communist state created in history.