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This is an alphabetically sorted list of personalities from Bratislava in Slovakia. Due to the city's former multi-cultural character, in addition to Slovaks it includes people of German , Austrians , Hungarian and other nationalities.
Vojtech Tuka (1880–1946) – Slovak People's Party politician, teacher; Alexander Mach (1902–1980) – Slovak People's Party politician, journalist; Martin Rázus (1888–1937) – Politician, priest; Vavro Šrobár (1867-1950) – Slovak doctor and politician who was a major figure in Slovak politics in the interwar period.
Bratislava is situated in southwestern Slovakia, within the Bratislava Region. Its location on the borders with Austria and Hungary makes it the only national capital that borders two countries. It is only 18 kilometres (11.2 mi) from the border with Hungary and only 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) from the Austrian capital Vienna. [85]
Pages in category "People from Bratislava" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Denied a voice in politics and the use of their native Slovak language in public places by the ruling Magyars in Hungary, Slovaks in America became socially and politically active, establishing self-help societies and fraternal organizations (such as Sokol, the Slovak League of America and First Catholic Slovak Union), founding newspapers (such ...
The Slovaks (Slovak: Slováci [ˈsɫɔvaːt͡si], singular: Slovák [ˈslɔvaːk], feminine: Slovenka [ˈsɫɔvɛŋka], plural: Slovenky) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.
Pages in category "People from the Bratislava Region" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Gyula Hernádi
The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.