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- Czechoslovak Diplomacy and the Gulag: Deportation of Czechoslovak Citizens to the USSR and the Negotiation for their Repatriation, 1945-1953
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Central European University Press
summary
After the entry of the Red Army into Czechoslovak territory in 1945, Red Army authorities began to arrest and deport Czechoslovak citizens to labor camps in the Soviet Union. The regions most affected were Eastern and South Slovakia and Prague. The Czechoslovak authorities repeatedly requested a halt to the deportations and that the deported Czechoslovaks be returned immediately. It took a long time before these protests generated any response. Czechoslovak Diplomacy and the Gulag focuses on the diplomatic and political aspects of the deportations. The author explains the steps taken by the Czechoslovak Government in the repatriation agenda from 1945 to 1953 and reconstructs the negotiations with the Soviets. The research tries to answer the question of why and how the Russians deported the civilian population from Czechoslovakia which was their allied country already during the war. Key words: 1. World War, 1939–1945—Deportations from Czechoslovakia. 2. Forced labor—Soviet Union—History. 3. Labor camps—Soviet Union—History. 4. Czechs—Soviet Union—History. 5. Slovaks—Soviet Union—History. 6. Czechoslovakia—Foreign relations—Soviet Union. 7. Soviet Union—Foreign relations—Czechoslovakia. 8. Czechoslovakia—Foreign relations—1945–1992. 9. Repatriation—Czechoslovakia—History.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-ix
- List of Tables
- pp. xi-xii
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- PART I. CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND ITS INHABITANTS AS THE VICTIMS OF DEPORTATION
- I. Deportations from Slovakia
- pp. 23-92
- PART II. POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY
- II. Screenings and Transports
- pp. 211-274
- Conclusion
- pp. 335-342
- Bibliography, Archival, and Other Sources
- pp. 387-408
- Index of Names and Places
- pp. 409-422
Additional Information
ISBN
9789633860113
Related ISBN(s)
9789633860106
MARC Record
OCLC
927154903
Pages
440
Launched on MUSE
2015-10-31
Language
English
Open Access
No