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The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, after the World War I. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles, France.

The main parties to the Treaty were the winning powers, their allied countries, and the losing side. The winning powers included the United States, Britain, France and Italy; their allies were Romania, Yugoslavia and CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu; and the losing side was the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy represented by Hungary.

1 Frontiers of Hungary

Compared with the former Kingdom, the size and population of Hungary was reduced by about two thirds.

Hungary lost most of its peripheral provinces:

• the region of TransylvaniaTransylvania Transilvania or Ardeal in Romanian, Erdely in Hungarian, Siebenburgen in German, Urdul in Turkish, Sedmohradsko in Slovak, Siedmiogrod in Polish) is a historic region that forms the western and the central parts of Romania. Geography A high p went to Romania
• SlovakiaSlovakia ( Slovak: Slovensko is a landlocked republic in Central Europe. It borders the Czech Republic in the northwest, Poland in the north, Ukraine in the east, Hungary in the south, and Austria in the southwest. Slovenska Republika ( In Detail) Nationa and Carpathian RutheniaCarpathian Ruthenia Karpats'ka Rus&apos or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was a part of the Hungarian kingdom (since 1526 under Habsburg rule). It is located in western Ukraine and easternmost Slov went to CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu
• CroatiaThe Republic of Croatia is a country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic of Yugoslavia. History Main article: History of Croatia The Croats are a largely Slavic, SlavoniaSlavonia is a region in eastern Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava river in the north and the Sava river in the south. Wheat and corn are the major crops, and the leading industry is food processing. and the western part of the Banat ( Vojvodina) joined the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• the most part of Burgenland went to Austria, as was previously decided by the Treaty of Saint Germain; the district of Sopron opted to remain with Hungary after a plebiscite held in december 1921.

Under the treaty, Hungary lost the access to the sea it had through Croatia since 1102. It also lost Bosnia, an Austro-Hungarian province since 1878.

Hungary recovered some of the lost territories before and at the outset of World War II, under the Munich Agreement ( 1938), the Vienna Arbitrations ( 1938 and 1940) and following German aggression against Yugoslavia, but the post-war boundaries agreed on at the Treaty of Paris in 1947 were nearly identical with those of 1920.