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National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939)

parliament of Czechoslovakia in 1920–1939

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ12041660 ↗
Source-derived summary

The National Assembly (Czech: Národní shromáždění) was the bicameral parliament of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1939, during the First and Second Republics. It consisted of a Chamber of Deputies with 300 members and a Senate with 150 members.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939)” as parliament of Czechoslovakia in 1920–1939. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920, 1939—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where National, Assembly and Czechoslovakia can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as parliament of Czechoslovakia in 1920–1939. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12041660. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1920 and 1939.

Critical limits

Institutional narratives can privilege the records that survived while minimizing voices that were never formally collected. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.

Best used for
  • Event chronology
  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
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Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939) primary sources, National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939) archive and National research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939)”?
  2. Which voices are present, absent or mediated by the institution?
  3. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
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This entry incorporates text from “National Assembly (Czechoslovakia, 1920–1939)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.