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 The 1918 Pittsburgh Agreement - M.R.Stefanik memorial - Bratislava, Slovakia Posted by:  Rikitan
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Bronze plaque on back side of the Milan Rastislav Stefanik' memorial pylon. It depicts the original document of The 1918 Pittsburgh Agreement. This treaty between 20 Czechs and Slovaks constituted the republic of Czecho-Slovakia.
Waymark Code: WMAZPN
Location: Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 03/17/2011
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The Pittsburgh Agreement paved the way for the creation of the state of Czechoslovakia and was signed by 20 Czechs and Slovaks on May 31, 1918.
The agreement, signed in the Moose Hall in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, declared the intent of the American representatives of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and Czech Silesia, to create an independent state to be known as Czecho-Slovakia (as spelled in the document) and is often compared to the United States' Declaration of Independence.
The original text of the Agreement with 20 signatures is depicted on Milan Rastislav Stefanik monument in Eurovea city centre, Bratislava.
On October 18, 1918, the primary author of the agreement, T. G. Masaryk, declared the independence of Czechoslovakia. He was elected the first President of an independent Czechoslovakia in November 1918.
The document guaranteed autonomy for Slovaks under one state including the right to create an assembly.
A subsequently signed calligraphic version was donated on September 9, 2007 to the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, at a public ceremony attended by Representatives of many Slovak and Czech cultural organizations, as well as government officials from Slovakia, The Czech Republic, and The United States of America.
This copy remains in the History Center's collection, but many copies of the calligraphic version are present in various places worldwide.
Sources: | wikipedia |
University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburská dohoda bola politická dohoda, ktoru 31. maja 1918 v americkom Pittsburghu podpisali zastupcovia Slovenskej ligy v Amerike, Ceskeho narodneho zdruzenia a Zvazu Ceskych katolikov, na cele s Tomasom G. Masarykom, ktory sformuloval jej text.
Dohoda schvalovala spojenie Cechov a Slovakov v spolocnom state, v ktorom malo mat Slovensko pravo na autonomnu spravu, parlament a sudnictvo.
Aj ked obsahovala ustupky od hlavnych poziadaviek Clevelandské dohody (z 22.10.1915), zarucovala Slovakom samospravu a slovencinu ako uradny a vyucovaci jazyk.
Na rozdiel od Clevelandskej dohody ale uz nemalo ist o federativne usporiadanie statu, ale o republiku.
Pamatna doska s vyobrazenim originalu dohody bola instalovana na zadnu stranu pamatnika Milana Rastislava Stefanika na nabrezi Dunaja v bratislavskom centre Eurovea.
Text dohody:
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Cesko-Slovenska Dohoda, uzavreta v Pittsburghu. Pa., dna 30. maja 1918.
Predstavitelia slovenskych a ceskych organisacii vo Spoj. Statoch,
Slovenskej Ligy, Ceskeho Narodneho Sdruzenia a Svazu Ceskych Katolikov,
porokovali za pritomnosti predsedu Cesko-Slovenskej Narodnej Rady
profesora Masaryka,
o cesko-slovenskej otazke a o nasich posavadnych programovych prejavoch
a usniesli sa nasledovne:
Schvalujeme politicky program usilujuci sa o Spojenie Cechov a Slovakov v samostatnom state z Ceskych Zemi a Slovenska.
Slovensko bude mat svoju vlastnu administrativu, svoj snem a svoje sudy.
Slovencina bude uradnym jazykom v skole, v urade a vo verejnom zivote vobec.
Cesko-slovensky stat bude republikou. Jeho Konstitucia bude demokraticka.
Organisacia spoluprace Cechov a Slovakov vo Spojenych Statoch bude podla potreby a meniacej sa situacie, pri spolocnom dorozumeni, prehlbená a upravena.
Podrobne ustanovenia o zariadeni cesko-slovenskeho statu ponechavajú sa osvobodenym Cechom a Slovakom a ich pravoplatnym predstavitelom.
Albert Mamatey, Ján Jancek ml., Milan Getting, Jan Pankuch, rev. Jozef Murgas, rev. Jan Kubasek, Ondrej Schustek, T. G. Masaryk, Karel Pergler, Dr. L. Fisher, B. Simek, J. J. Zamrhal, Hynek Dostal, Vojta Benes, rev. Inncent Kestl, Jan Straka, Ivan Bielok, rev. Oldr. Zlamal, Michal Bosak, H. H. Miko, Ignac Gessay, Karlovsky, rev. Pavel Siska, J. A. Ferencik, Josef Martinek
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Zdroje: | wikipedia |
21.stoleti.cz
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Address:
Eurovea city centre,
zona Pribinova
Bratislava 2
Slovakia
Website: [Web Link]
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