Czechoslovak Legion

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Czechoslovak military formation military unit volunteer army

The Czechoslovak Legion was a volunteer military force of Czech and Slovak soldiers that fought alongside the Allies during World War I and later played a key role in the Russian Civil War, particularly in Siberia.

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Label Occurrences
Czechoslovak Legion canonical 25
Czechoslovak Legion in Russia 3
Czech volunteer units in the Russian army 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak military formation ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
volunteer army ⓘ
alliance Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allies of World War I
approximateSize about 100000 soldiers at peak ⓘ
composedOf Czechs ⓘ
Slovaks ⓘ
conflict Russian Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
demobilized early 1920s ⓘ
formedFrom Czech and Slovak volunteers in Allied armies ⓘ
Czech prisoners of war in Russia ⓘ
Slovak prisoners of war in Russia ⓘ
foundedBy Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ⓘ
goal creation of an independent Czechoslovak state ⓘ
headquarters various locations in Russia during the Russian Civil War ⓘ
influenced establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 ⓘ
recognition of Czechoslovak National Council by Allies ⓘ
language Czech ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ
legacy commemorated in Czechoslovak and Czech military tradition ⓘ
foundational myth of Czechoslovak statehood ⓘ
notableCommander Milan Rastislav Štefánik ⓘ
Radola Gajda ⓘ
Sergei Wojciechowski ⓘ
notableEvent control of the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
evacuation from Vladivostok ⓘ
uprising against Bolshevik authorities in 1918 ⓘ
partOf Czechoslovak Army ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak armed forces
predecessor Czech and Slovak volunteer units in the French army ⓘ
Czechoslovak Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Czech volunteer units in the Russian army
role symbol of Czechoslovak independence movement ⓘ
supportedBy Entente Powers ⓘ
France ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form: Russia (Provisional Government)

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
timePeriod 1914–1920 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kolchak offensive in Siberia → participant → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
White Army → supportedBy → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Allied Powers of World War I → countryMember → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Western Front → countryInvolved → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)
Alexander Kolchak → capturedBy → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
White Guard movement → supportedBy → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Siberian Army → alliedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War → supportedForce → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War → hasPart → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legion operations in Siberia
Czechoslovak Legion → predecessor → Czechoslovak Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czech volunteer units in the Russian army
Czechoslovak Army → precededBy → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Czechoslovak independence movement → participant → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Czechoslovak independence movement → hasPart → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legions
Jan Syrový → militaryBranch → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Jan Syrový → participantIn → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legion in Russia
Jan Syrový → memberOf → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legion in Russia
Battle of the Piave River → belligerent → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Battle of Vittorio Veneto → belligerent → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 → associatedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legionnaires in France
Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 → associatedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legionnaires in Russia
Czechoslovak War Cross 1914–1918 → associatedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legionnaires in Italy
Russian State (Omsk Government) → alliedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Radola Gajda → memberOf → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Radola Gajda → militaryBranch → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
František Langer → militaryBranch → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War → opponent → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War → belligerent → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
White forces → supportedBy → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
American Expeditionary Force Siberia → alliedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Japanese Siberian Expeditionary Army → alliedWith → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East → participant → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Italian forces in Siberia → supported → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Sergei Wojciechowski → militaryBranch → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
Jaroslav Hašek → servedIn → Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak Legion in Russia