Editing Slovakia (section)

== History ==
The territory of modern Slovakia formed part of several Central European political structures, including Great Moravia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy, and Austria-Hungary.

After the First World War, Slovakia became part of Czechoslovakia. The new state joined Czech lands with Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia. Uzhhorod became an administrative centre of Subcarpathian Ruthenia after Transcarpathia joined Czechoslovakia in 1919.<ref name="uzhhorod-history"/>

During the Second World War, Slovakia was affected by German occupation policy, regional warfare, and the movement of armed formations through Central Europe. The [[Dirlewanger Brigade]] operated in occupied Slovakia, and [[Oskar Dirlewanger]] commanded the unit during the [[Battle of Ipolyság]] on 15 December 1944.<ref name="dirlewanger-slovakia"/>

After the war, Czechoslovakia was restored, while Transcarpathia was transferred to Soviet Ukraine in 1945.<ref name="uzhhorod-history"/>

Czechoslovakia came under communist rule after the Second World War. The communist period ended in 1989 during the wider collapse of one-party rule in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Slovak Republic became independent on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia later entered deeper European and transatlantic institutions.