National holiday of the Republic of Austria
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The story of his appearance is this. The Allied occupation forces were stationed in Austria for 10 years. In 1943, at a meeting in Moscow, the leaders of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States announced their intention to recreate Austria as an independent, sovereign and democratic state.
Until 1948, when Yugoslavia was excluded from the Soviet bloc, Moscow maintained Yugoslavia’s claim to the Austrian border. But in March 1955, the Kremlin changed its position and invited the Austrian government to send a delegation to Moscow to determine the terms of the State Treaty, which was signed on May 15, 1955. The treaty was signed in Vienna in an atmosphere of great jubilation.
The state treaty restored the independence and full sovereignty of Austria. It entered into force on July 27, 1955, after which Allied troops were withdrawn from the country. In the same year, on October 26, following the withdrawal of the last foreign military units, the government approved a federal constitutional law proclaiming the permanent neutrality of Austria and excluding the possibility of joining any military alliances or establishing foreign military bases in Austria.
The most significant festive events on October 26 take place according to tradition in the Austrian capital on Heroes Square, a place where eternal neutrality was proclaimed.
On this day, many Austrians prefer to leave the bustling city and take family walks and small trips.