The Czech, Moravian and Slovak pioneers of Tucson consist of the Western Slavs who have been recognized as early as the year 100 in Central Europe. Our first recognition as a country was the Great Moravia Empire until 1006. One language was spoken perhaps close to the Old Slavonic. As borders changed over the years, languages took on their regional flavors. The once more or less uniform language became known as Bohemian in the Czech Republic and Moravia, and Slovak in the Slovak Republic.
In 1867, a dual monarchy, was formed the Austria-Hungarian
Empire. During the long reign of the duel Monarchy, Austro-Hungary split
us. The Czech and Moravians were under the liberal Austrians and the
Slovaks under the restrictive Hungarians. Finally The Czechs, Moravians
and Slovaks became a unified country in 1918. In 1993 the Czechs and
Moravians divorced from the Slovaks becoming the Czech Republic and
Slovakia. Our customs, culture, food and music however are our common bond.
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