Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:51:07 +0200Poll shows most Czechs know little about their country's modern historyhttps://english.radio.cz/poll-shows-most-czechs-know-little-about-their-countrys-modern-history-8155179© 2026 Radio Prague International One hundred years ago this October, just before the end of World War I, Czechoslovakia declared independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While these are basic historical facts you might expect every schoolchild to know, a newly released poll shows that almost 1 in 5 adults cannot name an event from 1918 – and even fewer knew the basic history of more recent decades. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/19181028vaclavak1.jpg?timestamp=1591463164 Poll shows most Czechs know little about their country's modern history https://english.radio.cz/poll-shows-most-czechs-know-little-about-their-countrys-modern-history-8155179 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9