In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
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| Slovakia in the 1990s |
Slovakia is a developed country with an advanced, high-income economy, a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness.
The country maintains a combination of a market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leaves in the OECD.
Slovakia is also the world's largest per-capita car producer and the 5th largest car producer in the European Union, representing 43% of Slovakia’s total industrial output.
These fascinating photos were taken by Sludge G that show street scenes of Slovakia in the 1990s.
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| Banská Bystrica |
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| Banská Štiavnica. A nice clean Skoda 100S without badges, and bearing the pre-1997 registration ZH for Žiar nad Hronom,which is the next district north from here (registration letters BS) |
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| Banská Štiavnica. Post Office |
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| Banská Štiavnica. Skoda 15tR trolleybus Nr. 1525 |
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| Banská Štiavnica. Synagogue |
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| Banská Štiavnica. The long rising main street |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Banská Štiavnica |
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| Bratislava. Tatra Tram 7821 |
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| Brezno. ŠKODA S100L de luxe, with BR licence plate for Brezno,not Bratislava |
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| ČSD railbus in snowstorm, somewhere near the border of the now Slovakia and Czech Republic, en route between Trenčin and Navy Jičin |
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| Kežmarok. Kežmarský Castle |
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| Kežmarok |
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| Košice. Austro Hungarian buildings |
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| Košice. Hlavná - Main Square |
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| Košice. Hlavná - Main Square |
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| Košice |
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| Kremnica, an old silver mining town |
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| Levoca street scenes |
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| Levoca |
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| Lučenec |
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| Nitrianske Pravno |
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| Poprad and the High Tatras |
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| Poprad church |
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| Poprad. Skoda and the High tatras, 1. mája |
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| Prešov. Main Square |
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| Prešov. Main Square |
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| Prešov. Skoda 14Tr Trolejbus nr 89 |
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| Prešov |
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| Rožňava. Banikov square |
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| Rožňava. Hotel Gemer |
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| Rožňava. On the right is the Jesuit Church, on the left is the former Hotel Gemer |
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| Ružomberok railway station |
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| Ružomberok. Skoda 1000 MB |
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| Ružomberok. Town Hall |
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| Ružomberok |
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| Stará Ľubovňa. Main square |
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| Starý Smokovec church |
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| Starý Smokovec railway station |
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| Starý Smokovec. Tatra Electric Railway |
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| Štrbské Pleso railway station |
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| Tatranská Lomnica. ŽSR Tatra Mountain electric railway |
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| Tatranská Lomnica |
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| Telgárt. Švermovo Railway Station |
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| Trnava Lada |
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| Trnava Skodas |
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