
From 1969 to 1990, the Czech Socialist Republic (''Česká socialistická republika'' in Czech language; abbreviated ČSR) was the official name of that part of Czechoslovakia that is the Czech Republic today. The name was used from January 1, 1969 to March 1990. ==History== After the Prague Spring in 1968, liberalisation reforms were stopped and reverted. The only exception was the federalization of the country. The former centralist state Czechoslovakia was divided in two parts: the ''Czech Socialist Republic'' and ''Slovak Socialist Republic'' by the Constitutional Law of Federation of October 28, 1968, which went into into effect on January 1, 1969. New national parliaments (the Czech National Council and the Slovak National Council) were created and the traditional parliament of Czechoslovakia was renamed the "Federal Assembly" and was divided in two chambers: the ''House of the people'' (cz:Sněmovna lidu / sk:Snemovňa ľudu) and the ''House of Nations'' (cz:Sněmovna národů / sk:Snemovňa národov). Very complicated rules of voting were put in effect. The federalization was symbolic only - all the real power was kept by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The increased number of "parliaments" conveniently provided more positions for party members though their role was just symbolical. After the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, the word "socialist" was dropped in the names of the two republics, i.e. the Czech Socialist Republic was renamed Czech Republic (still part of Czechoslovakia). The complicated system of parliament voting (there were de-facto 5 different bodies each having right of veto) was kept after the fall of socialism, complicating and delaying political decisions during radical changes in economy. Later, in 1993, the Czech Republic became an independent state and officially received the alternative name Czechia as the short form of its name - see Velvet divorce. ==See Also== * Constitutional Law of Federation * History of Czechoslovakia * Slovak Socialist Republic * Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ==External link== * [http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/texts/constitution.1968.html Constitutional Law of Federation (in Czech)] Czechoslovakia
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From 1969 to 1990, the Czech Socialist Republic (''Česká socialistická republika'' in Czech language; abbreviated ČSR) was the official name of that part of Czechoslovakia that is the Czech Republic today. The name was used from January 1, 1969 to March 1990. ==History== After the Prague Spring in 1968, liberalisation reforms were stopped and reverted. The only exception was the federalization of the country. The former centralist state Czechoslovakia was divided in two parts: the ''Czech Socialist Republic'' and ''Slovak Socialist Republic'' by the Constitutional Law of Federation of October 28, 1968, which went into into effect on January 1, 1969. New national parliaments (the Czech National Council and the Slovak National Council) were created and the traditional parliament of Czechoslovakia was renamed the "Federal Assembly" and was divided in two chambers: the ''House of the people'' (cz:Sněmovna lidu / sk:Snemovňa ľudu) and the ''House of Nations'' (cz:Sněmovna národů / sk:Snemovňa národov). Very complicated rules of voting were put in effect. The federalization was symbolic only - all the real power was kept by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The increased number of "parliaments" conveniently provided more positions for party members though their role was just symbolical. After the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, the word "socialist" was dropped in the names of the two republics, i.e. the Czech Socialist Republic was renamed Czech Republic (still part of Czechoslovakia). The complicated system of parliament voting (there were de-facto 5 different bodies each having right of veto) was kept after the fall of socialism, complicating and delaying political decisions during radical changes in economy. Later, in 1993, the Czech Republic became an independent state and officially received the alternative name Czechia as the short form of its name - see Velvet divorce. ==See Also== * Constitutional Law of Federation * History of Czechoslovakia * Slovak Socialist Republic * Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ==External link== * [http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/texts/constitution.1968.html Constitutional Law of Federation (in Czech)] Czechoslovakia
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