[CZECH LEGION PUBLISHING IN SIBERIA - MARCHING SONGS] Pochodové písně československého vojáka [Marching songs of the Czechoslovak soldier]. Vols. 1, 2, 3 (all published)

Complete set in three parts of this series of marching and military songs of the Czechoslovak Legion troops in Russia published during their famous anabasis during the Russian Civil War, from 1915 to 1919.

The Legion emerged as an oppostion army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the start of WWI and successfully fought in the Entente alongside the Russian troops against their homeland. After the Russian Revolution, a cease fire was negotiated between Russia and Germany, leaving them no other option than leaving the Ukrainian battle fields via the East, as all European roads and ports were closed to them. In May 1918, they found themselves fighting against the Red Army on the side of the imperiled Tsarist White Army troops, as they were moving further East to transport ships bound home. At one time, the Czechoslovak Legion controlled the majority of the Trans-Siberian Railway and offered significant aid to the White forces. They also developed a remarkable print culture on the run, producing newspapers in train cars and setting up more elaborate operations wherever they were stationed for longer periods, such as in Ekaterinburg and Irkutsk. Their effort on behalf of the White army was seen as benefiting their goal of an independent Czech state as propagated by Masaryk, free from Austro-Hungarian rule. The present songs include Sokol- and military-themed tunes, as well as sentimental popular songs about the homeland, including regional lyrics in local dialect

The third issue was apparently part of a mobile library of the 9th infantry regiment ("Karel Havlíček Borovský"), which was formed in 1918 in Samara and joined the Whites in fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga Region before continuing to Vladivostok and being evactuated via Canada and Germany.

Scarce complete. As of January 2024, show one holding in North America, apparenty lacking the final volume. Complete set in three parts of this series of marching and military songs of the Czechoslovak Legion troops in Russia published during their famous anabasis during the Russian Civil War, from 1915 to 1919.

The Legion emerged as an oppostion army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the start of WWI and successfully fought in the Entente alongside the Russian troops against their homeland. After the Russian Revolution, a cease fire was negotiated between Russia and Germany, leaving them no other option than leaving the Ukrainian battle fields via the East, as all European roads and ports were closed to them. In May 1918, they found themselves fighting against the Red Army on the side of the imperiled Tsarist White Army troops, as they were moving further East to transport ships bound home. At one time, the Czechoslovak Legion controlled the majority of the Trans-Siberian Railway and offered significant aid to the White forces. They also developed a remarkable print culture on the run, producing newspapers in train cars and setting up more elaborate operations wherever they were stationed for longer periods, such as in Ekaterinburg and Irkutsk. Their effort on behalf of the White army was seen as benefiting their goal of an independent Czech state as propagated by Masaryk, free from Austro-Hungarian rule. The present songs include Sokol- and military-themed tunes, as well as sentimental popular songs about the homeland, including regional lyrics in local dialect

The third issue was apparently part of a mobile library of the 9th infantry regiment ("Karel Havlíček Borovský"), which was formed in 1918 in Samara and joined the Whites in fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga Region before continuing to Vladivostok and being evactuated via Canada and Germany.

Scarce complete. As of January 2024, show one holding in North America, apparenty lacking the final volume.