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4 unusual facts about Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion


Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion

Within a month the Whites controlled most of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Lake Baikal to the Ural Mountains regions.

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Because of this, and also an attempted rebellion against the Whites, organized by Radola Gajda in Vladivostok on 17 November 1919, the Whites accused Czechoslovaks of being traitors.

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Czechoslovaks began to occupy the cities on their route: Chelyabinsk, Petropavlovsk, Kurgan, Novonikolaevsk, Mariinsk, Nizhneudinsk and Kansk.

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Hearing about the creation of an independent Czechoslovakia, legionnaries began to ask why they had to fight in the Russian civil war.



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