Czechoslovak Legion revolt

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The Czechoslovak Legion revolt was a 1918 uprising by Czechoslovak volunteer troops along the Trans-Siberian Railway that dramatically shifted control in Siberia and helped ignite and shape the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak military history event ⓘ
event in the Russian Civil War ⓘ
military uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Czechoslovak Legion mutiny ⓘ
Czechoslovak uprising in Siberia ⓘ
armedForceUsed armored trains along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
infantry units of the Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
conflictType civil war front ⓘ
railway war campaign ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
describedBySource Czechoslovak military history works ⓘ
histories of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
endTime late 1918 ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of White control over parts of the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
expanded foreign intervention in Siberia ⓘ
goal avoid disarmament by Bolshevik authorities ⓘ
secure safe passage of Czechoslovak Legion to Vladivostok ⓘ
hasCause Brest-Litovsk peace treaty and German pressure on Bolsheviks to control the Legion ⓘ
conflict between Czechoslovak Legion and Bolshevik authorities over disarmament and transport east ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the establishment of Admiral Kolchak’s regime in Omsk ⓘ
enabled formation of the Komuch (Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly) in Samara ⓘ
facilitated the rise of anti-Bolshevik White governments in Siberia ⓘ
helped ignite the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
shifted control of large parts of Siberia away from Bolsheviks ⓘ
hasPart mutiny of Czechoslovak Legion units along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
involves armed clashes at railway junctions and stations ⓘ
control of key Siberian cities along the railway ⓘ
location Russian SFSR ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
opponent Bolshevik local soviets ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
participant Bolshevik forces ⓘ
linked to: Red Army

Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
local anti-Bolshevik forces in Siberia ⓘ
partOf Russian Civil War ⓘ
history of Czechoslovak independence movement ⓘ
pointInTime 1918 ⓘ
result Bolshevik loss of effective control over much of Siberia in 1918 ⓘ
Czechoslovak Legion controlled long stretches of the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
strengthening of anti-Bolshevik political centers in the east of Russia ⓘ
significantFor Allied strategy on the Eastern Front after Russia’s exit from World War I ⓘ
Czechoslovak struggle for independence from Austria-Hungary ⓘ
control of the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
startTime May 1918 ⓘ
temporalContext early phase of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
final phase of World War I ⓘ

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Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War → mainEvent → Czechoslovak Legion revolt ⓘ
American Expeditionary Force Siberia → relatedEvent → Czechoslovak Legion revolt along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
linked to: Czechoslovak Legion revolt
Czechoslovak Legion revolt → alsoKnownAs → Czechoslovak Legion mutiny ⓘ
linked to: Czechoslovak Legion revolt
Czechoslovak Legion revolt → alsoKnownAs → Czechoslovak uprising in Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Czechoslovak Legion revolt
Komuch → establishedAsResultOf → Czechoslovak Legion uprising on the Volga ⓘ
linked to: Czechoslovak Legion revolt