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From 1949 to 1989, the city was renamed Gottwaldov after the first communist president of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald. On 1 January 1990 the city's name was changed back to Zlín. Geography. Zlín is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Brno. The Zlín agglomeration also includes the town of Otrokovice.
Klement Gottwald ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈklɛmɛnt ˈɡotvalt]; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1953.
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17, 69, 126. #FFFFFF. 255, 255, 255. #D7141A. 215, 20, 26. The flag of the Czech Republic consists of a white upper stripe and a red lower stripe, between which a blue wedge is inserted in the middle of the flag. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is 2:3. Download PNG Download SVG.
Civil and state flag, national ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 30 March 1920; 104 years ago () (Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic) Design: Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side. Designed by: Jaroslav Kursa: Use: Unit colour: Proportion: 1:1: Adopted: 1993; 31 years ...
Gottwaldov was created in 1948 through a merger of several communities surrounding Zlín, a 14th-century village that had grown rapidly after World War I. The consolidated town was named for Klement Gottwald, the first communist president of Czechoslovakia. In 1990 Gottwaldov as a whole was renamed Zlín.
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Klement Gottwald. * November 23, 1896 Dedice. † March 14, 1953 Prague. Communist politician and Czechoslovak President. Klement Gottwald was the illegitimate son of a poor peasant. Before the World War I he spent his apprenticeship as a future joiner in Vienna where he was active in the local working-class physical training movement and among ...
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.
