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The Czechs, or the Czech people, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe. They share a common culture, ancestry, history, and speak the Czech language.
Czech traditional costumes
Bedřich Smetana Among his Friends, 1865; oil painting by František Dvořák
The Slav Epic by Alfons Mucha
St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký)
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The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to
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…singular Czech, masculine: Čech , singular feminine: Češka ), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe. They share a common culture, ancestry, history, and speak the Czech language. Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until…
Battle between Hussites and crusaders during the Hussite Wars; Jena Codex, 15th century
The 1618 Defenestration of Prague marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt against the Habsburgs and therefore the first phase of the Thirty Years' War.
Czechoslovak fighter pilots of No. 310 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain in 1940
Prague during the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia