Provisional Korean Government in Exile and the Czechoslovak Legion in the Far East

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Provisional Korean Government in Exile and the Czechoslovak Legion in the Far East

Original language description

The “Siberian Anabasis” of the Czechoslovak Legion was among the most iconic chapters of the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia during the time of the First Republic. When Masaryk arrived in Prague from the United States on 21 December 1918, as President of Czechoslovakia, his car was triumphantly escorted by Legionnaires in typical Siberian style fur hats and coats with ammunition belts across their chests. The advancement of the Legions along the Russian railway was already a subject of detailed study in the inter‑war period. The Legionnaires were a distinctive embodiment of the idea of the Czechoslovak nation, which became an official expression of Czechoslovak national identity during the First Republic. During the Second World War, former Legionnaires represented a significant part of the anti‑Nazi resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and, particularly, in exile in France and later in England. After the communist takeover in February 1948, they were harshly persecuted and jailed, and a number of them lost their lives. Only after the collapse of Communism in 1989 was their rehabilitation possible and the history of the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia became a goal of academic research and publications. There are still many “blank spots” in the history of the Legions. The topic of this article – the various interactions between the Legionnaires and the Korean independence activists, fighters, and their leadership in the Provisional Korean Government in Exile − belongs among them. The goal of this article is to examine this little known chapter of Czechoslovak‑Korean relations within the larger context of the events in Siberia and the Far East. It also seeks to apply an international perspective on the period of the end of the First World War and the beginning of the interbellum to assess the chances of success in the respective Czechoslovak and Korean independence struggles. This is all to seek a response to the question of why the Czechoslovaks succeeded when the Koreans, at that time, did not.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Korea and the Czech Republic: Retracing the Path to Independence

ISBN

978-80-907602-1-9

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

31-47

Publisher name

Anglo-americká vysoká škola, z.ú.

Place of publication

Praha

Event location

Praha

Event date

Apr 24, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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