Spomienky ruského legionára Andreja Šikuru z Mošoviec

Memoirs of Russian legionary Andreja Sikura from Mošovce

Autor: URBANOVÁ Blažena – VRÁBEL Ferdinand

URBANOVÁ, Blažena – VRÁBEL, Ferdinand: Spomienky ruského legionára Andreja Šikuru z Mošoviec.

URBANOVÁ, Blažena – VRÁBEL, Ferdinand: Memoirs of Russian legionary Andrej Šikura from Mošovce.

Vojenská história, 2, 14, 2010, pp. 137–173.

The authors of the memoirs focus on a brief biography of the legionary and pinpoint the fact that he came from a family of a Slovak nationalist. Šikura recorded his experiences from Russian battlefields as a soldier- ambulance-man belonging to 71st infantry troop from Trencin. He caught the events from his capture, his performance in Czechoslovak legions in Russia up to the comeback to his country in 1920. The memoirs values lies in the fact that he was an educated man with a good eye for details and analytical skills. He recorded all the experiences after his come back home so they reflect the information and experience that he as a soldier of the Austria-Hungarian army in the battlefield and a captive could not have. His remarks on the notaries as a disciplined part of the Hungarian administrative in Slovakia, the notes about the mood of the soldiers and captives, or their opinions on the entry of the legions, however, quit precisely reflect the situation. He provides valuable information on the internal political situation in Russia before the February revolution, and aft er it as well as aft er the takeover by the Bolsheviks. As a careful observer he mentions the life in Ukraine and Russia, provides the information on the contemporary situation and supplies, the form of the cites he went through. Additionally he remarks the details of the weather and the nature.

Key words: Military History. Russia. WWI. Memoirs of Russian legionary.

Ročník: 14 | Číslo: 2/2010 | Stránky: 137—173