Slovak People's Republic Explained

Conventional Long Name:Eastern Slovak Republic
Native Name:Východoslovenská republika
Tót Népköztársaság
Common Name:Heinzenland
Status:Unrecognised
P1:First Hungarian Republic
Flag P1:Flag of Hungary (1918–1919).svg
S1:First Czechoslovak Republic
Flag S1:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
Capital:Košice
Common Languages:Slovak, Hungarian, German
Government Type:Republic
Leader1:Viktor Dvorcsák
Era:World War I
Date Start:December 11
Year Start:1918
Date End:December 29
Year End:1918

Slovak People's Republic (Slovak: Slovenská ľudová republika) or the Eastern Slovak Republic (Slovak: Východoslovenská republika) was a short-lived state that lasted from 11 December to 29 December 1918.

The Eastern Slovak National Council was established as an organisation concurrent to the Slovak National Council in November 1918. The council was led by, an advocate and ex-archivist from Prešov working for the Hungarian revisionist movement. Before the war, Dvorcsák created a theory about so-called, allegedly an independent nation living in Eastern Slovakia. After the war, he defended the integrity of the historic Hungary, and when he was unsuccessful, he declared that the Slovjaks should exercise the right to self-determination and proclaimed Eastern Slovak People's Republic on 11 December 1918 in Košice. Dvorcsák became the president and tried to orientate his state toward the unity with Hungary. His activities met with the disagreement of several national councils in eastern Slovakia. The state ceased to exist shortly after with the arrival of the Czechoslovak Army. Dvorcsák fled to Budapest, where he worked for Hungarian irredentism and lobbied abroad for the revision.

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