| State of Moravia Moravský stát |
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| — Constituent state of Czechoslovakia — | |||
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| Anthem: Jsem Moravan ("I am a Moravian") |
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| Capital | Brno | ||
| Sovereign state |  Czechoslovakia |
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| Principality | c. 830 | ||
| Great Moravia | 833 | ||
| Demise of Great Moravia | c. 907 | ||
| Margraviate | 1182 | ||
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| - Minister-President | Petr Fiala | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | c. 3,200,000 | ||
| - Demonym | Moravian | ||
Moravia (Czech: Morava), officially the State of Moravia (Czech: Moravský stát), is a constituent state of Czechoslovakia. The capital and largest city is Brno.
The territory of Moravia was inhabited by Celtic tribes called Volcae, who left Moravia thanks to the Germanic Quadi. Later, around the 5th to 6th century, the territory of Moravia was settled by Slavs. The territory of Moravia was part of the Samo's Empire. In 830, the Principality of Moravia was established, which three years later was part of Great Moravia. After 860, the Christianization of Great Moravia began thanks to Cyril and Methodius. In 870, thanks to the help of the East Franconian king Louis the German, Svatopluk had his uncle Rostislav imprisoned. During the reign of Svatopluk, Great Moravia expanded, but after his death, Great Moravia began to disintegrate and around 907 it ceased to exist and became part of Hungary, and later Moravia was part of Poland until 1031 when Bohemia led by Oldřich regained control over all of Moravia. In 1055, Moravia was divided into three estates ruled by the younger sons of Břetislav. These three estates existed until 1182, when the Margraviate of Moravia was created.
After the Union of Lublin entered into force in 1569, Bohemia, Moravia and other lands of the Bohemian Crown were part of the Lublin Confederation until 1805 when Hungary gained control of the Czech lands. In the 19th century, the Czech lands became more industrialized, and in 1918 most of it became part of the Czechoslovakia following the collapse of Hungary during the Third Great War. On 11 March 1948, a communist uprising broke out in the capital of Moravia, Brno, which ended with the defeat of the communists on 14 March.
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