Slovaks
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Slovaks are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.
Ján Hollý (portrait from 1885)
The statue of Svätopluk I
Pribina, ruler of Principality of Nitra, established and ruled the Balaton Principality from 839/840 to 861.
Gallery of famous Slovak people, active in different areas (history, literature, education, religion, science). Published on occasion of establishing Matica slovenská ("Slovak Foundation"), major patriotic organization. List of portraited personalities: Ján Mallý-Dusarov, Juraj Tvrdý, Jozef Kozáček, Štefan Moyzes, Martin Čulen, Karol Kuzmány, Štefan Závodník, Michal Chrástek, Viliam Pauliny-Tóth, Michal Miloslav Hodža, Štefan Marko Daxner, Ján Francisci-Rimavský,
Svatopluk I of Moravia
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Svatopluk I or Svätopluk I, also known as Svatopluk the Great, was a ruler of Great Moravia, which attained its maximum territorial expansion during his reign.
Statue of Svätopluk on Bratislava Castle, Slovakia
Statue of Svatopluk I in Loštice, Czech Republic
The ruins of a Moravian fort on Kostolec Hill at Ducové (Slovakia)
The papal letter Scire vos volumus, written in 879 by Pope John VIII to Svatopluk I