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Zlín was renamed Gottwaldov in 1949 after the first communist president of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald. After the Velvet revolution, Zlín regained its original name in 1990.
Zlín (from 1949 to 1990 Gottwaldov) is a town in the Czech Republic. It is on the Dřevnice River. The Bata Shoes company has developed this city. It is now famous for urbanism . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zlín. . Categories: Towns in the Czech Republic. Zlín Region.
Jan 5, 2009 · (ČTK) The residents of Zlín are commemorating 60 years since the city was renamed. They celebrated the end of 1948 as Zlín citizens but woke up in 1949 as the residents of Gottwaldov.
Mar 10, 2024 · Klement Gottwald (born Nov. 23, 1896, Dědice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died March 14, 1953, Prague, Czech.) was a Czechoslovak Communist politician and journalist, successively deputy premier (1945–46), premier (1946–48), and president (1948–53) of Czechoslovakia.
Nov 1, 2022 · After the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) took power nationally in 1948, it inflicted a symbolic blow to the traditions of inter-war Zlín by renaming the town Gottwaldov, a move marking the fifty-second birthday of the communist leader Klement Gottwald on 23 November.
Czechoslovakia [2] ( / ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə, - kə -, - slə -, - ˈvɑː -/ ⓘ; [3] [4] Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko-Slovensko) [5] [6] was a landlocked state in Central Europe, [7] created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
Jan 25, 2017 · Gottwald undoubtedly deserves most of the credit for this achievement and for thus molding a movement capable of undertaking the rule of postwar Czechoslovakia. After he had achieved mastery of the party, Gottwald maintained his authority almost unchallenged by serious rivals.
