what is the difference between slovakia and czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (/ ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə,-kə-,-slə-,-ˈvɑː-/; Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.