Show czechoslovakia the republic of czechoslovakia Is composed of two branches 0 of the same slav nation the czechs czecho of bohemia moravia llor avla and silesia and the slovaks of slovakia the state came into existence on october 28 1918 when the national council took over the government of the czechoslovak countries which had formerly belonged to the austro hungarian monarchy the czechoslovak national asaf assembly rubly met in prague on november 14 1918 and formally declared the czechoslovak ah state stat to be a republic for the sake of brevity the czechoslovak republic Is designated czechoslovakia |