The role and fate of the “Russian Action” in Czechoslovakia in 1918–1945

Abstract

Russian youth's role in the formation and development of the Russian diaspora in Czechoslovakia, as well as in the formation of Russia's political views, is revealed in this article.
Considering Russian youth in emigration, who participated in the “Russian Action”, in the formation and development of the Russian Diaspora, the formation of new political ideas for the transformation of Russia, the development of the scientific community abroad, is the purpose of this article. Russian Campaign's achievements and its impact on the political life of Russian society in emigration and the future of Russia are being tried to comprehend.
A wide range of foreign, epistolary sources, the positions of contemporaries on this issue, sources of personal origin, data from the Russian Historical Archive abroad in Prague are involved in the analysis.
The author of the article used such methods as analysis, systematization, synthesis, as well as statistical analysis during the research.
The novelty of this scientific research consists in the use of little-researched sources (journals published by Russian students in Czechoslovakia), as well as memoirs and diary entries of participants of the “Russian Action”. The author of the article attempts to determine the significance of the activities of Russian youth in emigration in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s.