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What do people say about our country and our people?
- Czech Republic - heart of the Europe.
- Every Czech is a musician.
- Golden Czech hands.
Do you know them?
History:
- Karel IV. (Czech king 1346 - 1378)
Music - musicial composes:
- Antonin Dvorak
- Leos Janacek
- Bedrich Smetana
Graphic arts:
- Alfons Mucha (art nouveau painter)
Literature:
- Jaroslav Hasek (author of character soldier Svejk)
- Franz Kafka
- Karel Capek (the first time he used the word "robot" in his performance)
- Milan Kundera
- Jaroslav Seifert (awarded the Nobel Prize for literature)
Movies - directors awarded the Oscars:
- Milos Forman (Amadeus)
- Jiri Menzel (Closely watched trains)
- Jan Svėrák (Kolja)
Science:
- Jaroslav Heyrovsky (awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry)
- Gregor Mendel (father of genetics)
Sport:
- Hockey
- Dominik Hasek
- Jaromir Jagr
- A Czech Hockey team won the Winter Olympic Game in Nagano in 1998.
- Tennis
- " Martina Hingis (she was born in the Czech Republic and she emigrated to the Switzerland)
Politics:
- Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (first president of the Czechoslovak Republic)
- Vaclav Havel (former Czech president - his function finished on 8. 2. 2003, writer and drama-tist)
- Madeleine Albright (former U. S. secretary of state, she was born in the Czech Republic)
We produce
Beer:
- Pilsner Urquell (from town Plzen - Pilsen)
- Budweiser Budvar (from town Ceske Budejovice=Budweis)
Czech motor works:
- " Skoda is Europe's third-oldest manufacture, founded in (1895), Skoda manufacturer base in Mlada Boleslav.
Cut glass:
- trademark Moser is well-known in the world
Our hobbies:
- Travelling: in summer a lot of people go to the country which has a sea (Italy, Croatia, Spain etc.) and in winter they go to the mountains in search of snow. Among the most frequently visited Czech mountains ranges there are the Giant Moun-tains, the Sumava range, the Jeseniky and Krusne mountains rangers.
- Sport: football, volleyball, tennis
- Dancing
- Fishing