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Osudy ruské emigrace v Československu
The fates of Russian exiles in Czechoslovakia

Author(s): Anastasie Kopřivová
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Bolsheviks; Russia; NKVD; Czechoslovakia; emigration;

Summary/Abstract: Following the definitive triumph of the Bolsheviks in Russia, tens of thousands of Russian exiles were accepted by the fledgling Czechoslovakia. Many did return to Russia although as prisoners of the Soviet NKVD political police, which hauled them off from Czechoslovakia violently, despite the fact that they were in many cases de jure Czechoslovak citizens.

  • Issue Year: IX/2015
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 27-34
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech