Slovakia A political and constitutional history

With the Poles and the Czechs the Slovaks belong to the group of the Western Slavs. They were the first among them to become Christianized. Already in 828 the first Christian church was built in Nitra, while 14 Czech tribal chiefs were baptized in 845 in Regensburg. Poland later accepted Christianity in 966, and St. Vladimir became a Christian in Kievan Russia in 989.