I believe you're right
That part of the world's been an ungodly mess of republics and other rubbish since Victorian times. As I dimly recall from my Year 11 Modern European History class...
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Flyslip,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 4:14,
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Czechoslovakia arround then would have been
part of the austro-hungarian empire I believe - there may have been a bit in the cushioning bit between the a-h empire and the ottoman empire
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The Scone from U.N.C.L.E.,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 4:17,
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Next week
Scone shall be appearing on Mastermind.
:-)
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Flyslip,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 4:20,
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Bohemia
from which my mom's side of the family came, right about the time of the Hapsburgs and their lip. At the time, there was such an influx of them to my country that they were called "bohunks" and treated as nastily as the Irish. Water under the bridge.
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Artamnesia,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 6:40,
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