In the early 1990s, a major ideological shift changed the face of Eastern Europe. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, many Eastern European countries claimed independence and began the process of democratization in a post-communist environment. On January 1, 1993, almost three years after claiming independence, the first Czechoslovak constitution was ratified, setting the wheel of democracy in motion. For a little over ten years, Czechoslovakia has been shaping itself as a more democratized country. I will examine the validity of democracy in post-communist Czechoslovakia. By examining the controlling power of social institutions, the economy, national and domestic politics, and government structure, I will make an overall assessment of democracy in Czechoslovakia. In December 1992, a constitution was drawn up for the new Czech Republic, which would replace the former Soviet government. The constitution came into force on January 1, 1993. It took the Czech government only three years to develop and ratify a national constitution. In this constitution, the principles of democracy were stated. It granted universal suffrage to everyone over the age of 18, limited the presidential term to only five years, created a bicameral legislature, with a system of checks and balances, and granted basic human rights to all citizens. During its ten years of existence, the document has never been modified. The fact that it took only three years for the document to be developed and everyone was happy with it until ratification testifies to how quickly democracy took shape in Czechoslovakia. An important part of a democratic system is...... middle of paper ...... with the fall of communism, the popularly elected representatives are in office, there is greater diversity in the administration of its social programs, their economy is one of the best and freest among post-communist countries. Despite the major progress the country has made since communist rule, Czechoslovakia still has room for improvement, mainly in terms of the economy and corruption. I see that the level of corruption constitutes a major problem for democratic principles. Czechoslovakia must undertake reforms against government corruption in order to make further progress in its democracy. However, my conclusion is that democracy will succeed in Czechoslovakia. They have made too much progress in a short time to be pessimistic about the success of democracy. The people have proven that democracy is what they want and the mentioned variables show that this is what they are doing..