nPostednAugust 29, 2013
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nOnnthis date in 1944, an organized group of Slovaks tried to overthrownthe government, which was collaborating with Nazi Germany. As younmight guess, the Nazis beat back this brave attack. However,nresistance forces kept up guerilla tactics against the Nazis untilnJanuary of 1945, when Soviet forces finally took Slovakia back fromnthe Nazis. n
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nSlovakianhas been part of many empires and kingdoms and nations. For example,nit was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before WWII, and part ofnthe Communist nation of Czechoslovakia after WWII. It becamenindependent in 1993 when Czechoslovakia peacefully broke apart intonthe Czech Republic and (you guessed it) Slovakia.
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Slovakianis a beautiful, mountainous country. Many of the National Parks,nwaterfalls, lakes and scenic valleys can be found in the TatrasnMountains.
Slovakianis a beautiful, mountainous country. Many of the National Parks,nwaterfalls, lakes and scenic valleys can be found in the TatrasnMountains. n
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I’ve been checking out caves in the U.S. recently, and Inwas excited to see that there are hundreds of caves and caverns innSlovakia (with 15 of them open to the public!).
I’ve been checking out caves in the U.S. recently, and Inwas excited to see that there are hundreds of caves and caverns innSlovakia (with 15 of them open to the public!).n
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| I have been to caves with stalactites and stalagmites, like the brownish-hued cave above. I’ve been to lava-tube caves, salt-mine caves, and beautiful artificial grotto caves… But I’ve never been to an ice cave, like this blue-hued cave above. I think I would like to, someday! |
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n(Bynthe way, if you’ve noticed that some caves are “caverns,” andnsome are just “caves,” it turns out that the two words do meannthe same thing, but the word “cavern” implies that the cave is anreally large size, or that there is an entire series of undergroundngalleries linked together. In other words, the word “cavern”ntends to be used for the caves that are considered to be grand.)
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nDidnyou know…?
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nSlovakian is about the size of New Hampshire and Vermont, put together.
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nSlovakian is landlocked. That means it doesn’t have access to an ocean or an sea without traveling through some other nation.
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nThen most popular sport in the nation is ice hockey. Slovakians weren thrilled in 2002 when their team won the Gold Medal in the Worldn Championships.
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nThen capital city (also the largest city) is Bratislava, which isn practically on the border between Slovakia and Austria and betweenn Slovakia and Hungary.
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Don’t get Slovakia mixed up with the independent nation Slovenia,n which used to be part of Yugoslavia and which touches the Adriaticn Sea. Also, don’t mix Slovakia up with the Croatian region Slavonia.n All of these names come from their Ancient Slavic ancestors.
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nAlsonon this date:
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According to Hoyle Day
According to Hoyle Day n
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nNutnSpas in Russia
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nAnniversary of a phone call from space to ocean depths
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nPlannahead:
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nHerenare my Pinterest pages on Augustnholidays, historicalnanniversaries in August,nand Augustnbirthdays.
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest pages on Septembernholidays, historicalnanniversaries in September, and Septembernbirthdays.
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