Účast Čechů a rodáků z Čech a Moravy ve vojenských operacích Ukrajinské haličské armády v letech 1918-1923

• Authors: Oleh Stetsyshyn

Title variants

EN

Participation of Czechs and natives of Bohemia and Moravia in military operations in units of the Galician Army between 1918 and 1923

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In October and November 1918, Austria-Hungary disintegrated, and on its ruins, new independent states emerged, formed by the nations that had previously been part of the Dual Monarchy. One of the causes of its collapse was defeat on the battlefields of the First World War, accompanied by revolutionary tendencies among its constituent peoples. On 1 November 1918, Ukrainian politicians and military leaders in Lviv proclaimed the Ukrainian state, later known as the West Ukrainian People’s Republic. Its armed forces, which came to be known as the Galician Army, began to form. Among their ranks were many former soldiers of non-Ukrainian origin, including Czechs. This article analyses the reasons for the presence of Czechs in the Western Ukrainian army, the legal basis for their recruitment, and the military careers of selected officers.

Keywords

EN

Galicia; Ukrainians; West Ukrainian People’s Republic; Galician Army; Czechs; Ukraine; Czechoslovak Republic

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 97-112
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Oleh Stetsyshyn

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic