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Dark and Mysterious History: Colonel šVec

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On Friday, October 25, 1918, at around three in the morning, Colonel Josef Jiří Švec, commander of the first division of the Czechoslovak legions in Russia, shot himself in a staff railway carriage. He was driven to take his own life by the attitude of his soldiers, who refused to attack the Bolshevik troops near the town of Bugulma. His death shook the soldiers to such an extent that they carried out the order.
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On Friday, October 25, 1918, at around three in the morning, Colonel Josef Jiří Švec, commander of the first division of the Czechoslovak legions in Russia, shot himself in a staff railway carriage. He was driven to take his own life by the attitude of his soldiers, who refused to attack the Bolshevik troops near the town of Bugulma. His death shook the soldiers to such an extent that they carried out the order.

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Deník.cz broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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