Czechoslovakia 捷克斯洛伐克
（重定向自Ceskoslovensko）
![](/Images/godic/202501/03/Czechoslovakia_location_map.svg3122.png")
.svg3122.png")
![Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, founder and first president](/Images/godic/202501/03/Tomáš_Garrigue_Masaryk_19253123.PNG")
![Czechoslovak troops in Vladivostok (1918)](/Images/godic/202501/03/Czech_Troops3123.jpg")
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia /ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə, -kə-, -slə-, -ˈvɑː-/ (Czech and Slovak:Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.