A szlovákok és az oroszországi forradalmak
The Slovaks and the Russian Revolutions

Summary/Abstract: The study summarizes the impact of the two R ussian revolutions of 1917 on the Slovaks, with the main emphasis on the Bolshevik takeover. Until the last year of the war, the Slovaks constituted no responsive medium, as they were generally unreceptive to abstract radical ideas, the peasantry was basically conservative and faithful to the dynasty, while the social democratic leaders, forming a neglected fragment within the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, and influenced by the opportunist Czech movement, failed to put up any considerable activity. Among the masses of the prisoners of war in Russia, however, even if they refused to join the Red army, the chief Bolshevik slogans (piece, land reform) fell on receptive ears. At the same time, under the impact of general violence and chaos, respect for the old order was weakened, and, upon their return to their homeland, they became the chief agents of soldier mutinies and deserter movements (green cadre).

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