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Ausgleich

The 1867 compromise between Austria and Hungary that transformed the Austrian empire into the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The privileged position of Hungary was resented, and there were attempts to extend the Ausgleich to a separate Slav kingdom, but the arrangement lasted until 1918.

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