CZECHOSLOVAK CORPS

The book by M. A. Vasilchenko reveals the degree of participation of soldiers and officers of the Czechoslovak Corps at the initial stage of the Civil War in the Volga region. The monograph traces the process of transformation of Czech units from an integral part of the Russian army into a national military formation pursuing narrow national interests in the conditions of Civil War. The author introduces the concept of “autonomization” into scientific circulation, which is successful enough to describe this process.

The author considers the problem of the relationship between the command of the Czechoslovak Corps and the Soviet authorities on the delivery of weapons, skipping echelons in beijing on the eve of the rebellion of the Czechoslovak Corps. We study the formation, operation mechanism of the system, the basic contradictions that arise in the course of its activities and attempts to resolve them, undertaken between March and May 1918