IMPACT OF THE POLITICAL CHANGES UPON ETHNIC IDENTITY OF HUNGARIAN POPULATION IN THE REGION OF SOUTHERN SLOVAKIA AFTER 1918

• Authors: Milan Olejník
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyse concisely a history of Hungarian community in Czechoslovak Republic after 1918. Similarly as the majority society – Slovaks, the Hungarians underwent a dramatic flow of changes – adaption to conditions of the First Republic (1945 – 1948), a period of communist dictate and democratic changes after November 1989. Each of these periods affected lives of Hungarians living in Slovakia in a different way. The paper is trying to provide elementary information of these developments and reactions of Hungarians not only as members of community but also as individuals.

Keywords

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HUNGARIAN MINORITY; ETHNIC IDENTITY; HISTORY; CZECHOSLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Journal: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: -

Contributors

author

Milan Olejník

• Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Karpatská 5, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic