Peasant Cavalry in Slovakia - the Green Army of the Agrarian Party or its Prestigious Club?
Peasant Cavalry in Slovakia - the Green Army of the Agrarian Party or its Prestigious Club?
Author(s): Matej Hanula
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Peasant Cavalry; Slovakia; Agrarian Party;
Summary/Abstract: The Peasant Cavalry (hereinafter referred to as the PC) occupied a prominent place among a number of defence organisations operating in Slovakia in the period of inter-war Czechoslovak Republic. As far as election results are concerned, it belonged to the most successful and thus the most influential political party of the Republic - the Republican Party of Peasant and Agricultural People, known in both Czech and Slovak’s terminology and contemporary historiography under its unofficial name - the Agrarian Party. Due to this fact, the PC differed significantly from other similarly oriented organisations. PC was focused mainly on defence training for rural people whose riding and also shooting skills they planned to improve.
Book: Overcoming the Old Borders. Beyond the Paradigm of Slovak National History
- Page Range: 85-95
- Page Count: 11
- Publication Year: 2013
- Language: English
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