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*Around the start of the 20th century, '''Vienna''' was the city with the second-largest Czech population in the world (after Prague). At its peak, in 1900, 102,974 people claimed Czech or Slovak as their colloquial language. However, there are claims that the Czech minority numbered as high as 250,000-300,000, making Vienna a city with the second largest Czech speaking population, only after Prague. | *Around the start of the 20th century, '''Vienna''' was the city with the second-largest Czech population in the world (after Prague). At its peak, in 1900, 102,974 people claimed Czech or Slovak as their colloquial language. However, there are claims that the Czech minority numbered as high as 250,000-300,000, making Vienna a city with the second largest Czech speaking population, only after Prague. | ||
*After World War I, many Czechs and also nationalities returned to their ancestral countries, resulting in a decline in the Viennese population. After World War II, the Soviets used force to repatriate key workers of Czech and Hungarian origins to return to their ethnic homelands to further the Soviet bloc economy. As of 2017, Vienna was home to around 14,500 Czechs.<ref>"History of Czechs in Vienna," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Czechs_in_Vienna, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | *After World War I, many Czechs and also nationalities returned to their ancestral countries, resulting in a decline in the Viennese population. | ||
*After World War II, the Soviets used force to repatriate key workers of Czech and Hungarian origins to return to their ethnic homelands to further the Soviet bloc economy. As of 2017, Vienna was home to around 14,500 Czechs.<ref>"History of Czechs in Vienna," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Czechs_in_Vienna, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration]] | [[Category:Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration]] | ||