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As early as the 5th century, Slav tribes arrived in the region, leading to the establishment of the Great Moravian Empire that flourished from 830-906. By the end of the 9th century, Czechs had established the independent state of Bohemia, under the rule of the Premysl dynasty.

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In the 19th century, Czechs joined together in the spirit of other nationalist revolutions which were taking hold in Europe, with the people in Prague fighting to maintain independence. Czechs and Slovaks finally agreed on the formation of a single federal state comprising two equal republics.

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This new Communist regime survived the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1989, but by that November, a series of demonstrations was staged (the ‘Velvet Revolution’) that led to the government\'s resignation on 3 December. Havel was elected president of the country, forming a democratic \'Government of National Understanding’.

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