Indeed, I don't know why they were treated as the same for so long, there's not even a single word that encompasses both cultures, other than mashing the names of both of them together.
But they seemed to get along alright at least, and separated in what was called "the Velvet Revolution" in the 90s.
But yeah, the story of the Czechoslovak Legion has always fascinated me as just, crazy, bizarre, and definitely unfair for the poor legionnaires. I've been meaning to see if there's a good book that really goes into detail about it, if there isn't one, there ought to be!
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Date: 2013-05-21 07:53 pm (UTC)But they seemed to get along alright at least, and separated in what was called "the Velvet Revolution" in the 90s.
But yeah, the story of the Czechoslovak Legion has always fascinated me as just, crazy, bizarre, and definitely unfair for the poor legionnaires. I've been meaning to see if there's a good book that really goes into detail about it, if there isn't one, there ought to be!