Gajda, R. (Rudolf)
Variant namesMajor general, Russian army; commander, Czechoslovak Legion, 1918, and White Russian forces, 1918-1919.
From the description of R. Gajda photograph album, 1918-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458536
Radola Gajda (born Rudolf Geidl) (b. Feb. 14, 1892, Austria-Hungary-d. April 15, 1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech military commander and politician. At the start of World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army and was taken prisoner in Bosnia (1915); but after his capture he changed sides and was commissioned a captain in the Montenegrin Army, pretending to be a physician. He then joined a Serbian battalion followed by the Czechoslovak Legions, quickly rising in the military hierarchy. Sympathetic to Italian Fascism, he was forced to retire from the military and turned to politics, taking part in the founding of the National Fascist Community. During the Nazi occupation of Czech lands he abandoned politics. At the end of World War II, Gajda was imprisoned by the Russians and tried for “propagation of Fascism and Nazism,” served two years, and died shortly thereafter.
From the description of Gajda, R. (Rudolf), 1892-1948 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571803
Biographical/Historical Note
Major general, Russian army; commander, Czechoslovak Legion, 1918, and White Russian forces, 1918-1919.
From the guide to the R. Gajda photograph album, 1918-1919, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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| referencedIn | Kri︠u︡kov, Boris Aleksandrovich, 1898-1983. Boris Aleksandrovich Kri︠u︡kov papers, 1917-1923. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | Gajda, R. (Rudolf). R. Gajda photograph album, 1918-1919. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | Boris Aleksandrovich Kriukov Papers, 1917-1923 | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | R. Gajda photograph album, 1918-1919 | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN SIBERIA, 1918-1919 | National Archives at College Park |
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| associatedWith | Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasiliyevich, 1873-1920 | person |
| associatedWith | Kri︠u︡kov, Boris Aleksandrovich, 1898-1983. | person |
| associatedWith | Russia. Armii︠a︡. Československý střelecký pluk | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Russia. Armiia. Ceskoslovenský strelecký pluk Pictorial works. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Armii︠a︡ | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) Armiia Pictorial works. | corporateBody |
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| Siberia (Russia) | |||
| Siberia (Russia) History Revolution, 1917-1921 Pictorial works. | |||
| Soviet Union History Allied intervention, 1918-1920 Pictorial works. | |||
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Person
Birth 1892-02-14
Death 1948-04-15
Russians
English
