Sergej Vojcechovský, Forgotten General

These days the Russian language can spark great emotion on Czech streets. However, between the world wars the country became home to many Russians, hounded out of their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution. One of them was Sergej Vojcechovský. A Russian aristocrat by birth, he was a fearless and brave soldier, a member of the Czechoslovak legions in Russia who identified with the ideas of the Czechoslovak state. After his arrival in the new republic he continued in his military career. In September 1938 he was one of the Czechoslovak Army commanders ready to stand up to Hitler. During WWII he became involved in the resistance. Shortly after the war he was arrested by the Soviets and hauled off to the USSR, where he was convicted. Is his story typical of a figure such as he was? And what does it tell us about his age?