. . . . "In historian Franti??ek Palack?? and composers such as Bed??ich Smetana and Anton??n Dvo????k, Czech nationalism found its ideal spokesmen.Tom???? Masaryk.Encyclop??dia Britannica, Inc.Edvard Bene??.H. Roger-ViolletThe collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I brought the Czechs and Slovaks together for the first time as ???Czechoslovaks.??? The Czechs became the ruling eth" .