The Activity of Czecho-Slovak Legionaries during World War I and in the First Czechoslovak Republic: to the Contemporary Historiography of the Problem

Československé legie – Slováci – Slovensko / red. P. Chorvat, M. Posch. – Bratislava: Vojenský historický ústav, 2022. – 436 s.

Abstract

The study of the emergence of the Czecho-Slovak volunteer units that acted as a part of the armies of the Allies in military operations on the fronts of the World War I has become over the past 30 years one of the most significant areas in modern historical science. Today we have at our disposal a great quantity of articles, collections of documents and other scholarly and popular works in which different aspects of these issues are analyzed. The “Czechoslovak Legions – Slovaks – Slovakia” collection of articles, published in 2022 and edited by P. Chorvat and M. Posch, is one of such works. Its authors are the historians from Slovakia, Czechia, Russia, Italy and Japan. The book is concerned with the history of creation of Czecho-Slovak military forces on the territory of Russia, France, and Italy. It is also devoted to their participation in hostilities during the period of Civil War in Russia, the lives of some prominent Slovak legionaries in the interwar period and their engagement in the Czechoslovak resistance movement during World War II. The survey of these problems is conducted not only in the context of traditional methodology of historical research but also in the frameworks of gender studies, economic history and history of everyday life.

Received 17.07.2023.

Citation
Moshechkov P. V. The Activity of Czecho-Slovak Legionaries during World War I and in the First Czechoslovak Republic: to the Contemporary Historiography of the Problem // Slavic Almanac. 2023. No 3–4. P. 479–490 (in Russian). DOI: 10.31168/2073-5731.2023.3-4.26