Pagini din activitatea Legiunii Române din Praga (30 octombrie-24 noiembrie 1918)
Snapshots of the Activity of the Romanian Legion from Prague (30th of October-24th of November 1918)

Summary/Abstract: In the autumn of the year 1918, on the background of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army, the Romanian soldiers from Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, encouraged by the launch of the imperial manifesto entitled “To my faithful nations!” which allowed the foundation of the “national councils”, set the basis of the national military organisms, reflecting how they had become aware of putting into practice the imperial recommendations regarding the dissolution of the central authority and the transfer of authority from the centre to the periphery. So the Romanian Central Senate of the Officers and Soldiers from Vienna (the 31st of October-the 27th of November 1918), the Romanian Legion from Prague (the 30th of October-the 24th of November 1918) and the National Guard of the Sailors from Pola (the 30th of October-the 22nd of November 1918) were founded, the second one being also the topic of the present study. Why exactly within these centres? For simple reasons; at that moment Vienna represented the main railway junction of the Empire, Prague was the centre of the Romanian units of the Second Regiment Braşov, of the 51st Regiment Cluj and the 37th Regiment Oradea, while Pola was the headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian navy. The Romanian Legion from Prague served during a period of a rapid political and social uproar that marked the proclamation of independence of the Czechoslovak state while often constituting a factor of stabilization for various anarchic manifestations. During the outbreak of the revolution in Prague and the proclamation of the newly established Czechoslovak state, the leadership of the legion had to ensure the protection of the city. We have focused our attention on the foundation and the activity of this legion, its administration and its members and also on all the aspects referring to the concentration, the organization and the dispatch of the Romanian soldiers and officers to Transylvania.

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