The Legiovlak Arrived at the Brno-Slatina Stop
Vol.17,No.1(2025)
On Saturday, 13 September 2025, a train forming part of the long-term project Legiovlak (i.e. Legion Train)—a commemoration of the legionnaires’ journey at the end of the First World War—was stationed at the Slatina railway depot. This event is closely linked to the life stories of the tens of thousands of Czechoslovak legionnaires who traveled across Russia on such trains between 1918 and 1920 along the Trans-Siberian Railway, often compelled to engage in combat with Bolshevik forces in order to secure their passage. The highlight of the event was a series of guided tours conducted hourly, each led by a guide dressed in a legionnaire’s period uniform.

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