| February
1918 |
Voluntarily
joined the Red
Army [SvejkCentral.com NOTE:
... after having been
drafted into and having fought with the Austro-Hungarian Army in
World War I. In September 1915 he deserted near the village
of Chorupany in Galicia.
Having been through several POW camps in June 1915 he became a
company clerk of the 7th Company of the 1st Volunteer Regiment Jan
Hus in the Russian Imperial Army in Kiev. He joined the
independent Czechoslovak Legions in Russia after their formation,
fought with them and was decorated after the famous battle of
Zborov. Then, during the political turmoil within the Legions in
revolutionary Russia he chose the wrong side of the struggle and
deserted again after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the Czechoslovak
Legions.]
Authors articles in the Bolshevik publication Trail-blazer |
| March
1918 |
Became a member
of the Communist Party of Russia('s Bolsheviks) |
| April
1918 |
Assisted with
organizing Czechoslovak platoons of the Red Army |
| October
1918 |
Dispatched to
Bugulma [Bögelmä, Tatarstan,
U.S.S.R.] |
| December
1918 |
Worked in the
Political Department of the Bolshevik 5th Army
[Deputy] Commander [Commissar] of Bugulma |
| 1919 |
High official
of the Communist Party of Russia
Political instructor in the [Frunze's]
5th Army |
| October
24, 1920 |
Designated
Deputy Commander of the 5th Army's Political Directorate in Moscow |
| November 1920 |
Was dispatched
by his Comintern
comrades to Czechoslovakia to organize a Communist movement [
...
instead he started drinking again and working on the culmination
of his literary works, The
Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War] |
