The [Political] Sins of Jaroslav Hasek

... as enumerated by Stanislav Jíra

His placard title:
A Memorial to a Bolshevik Commissar?
See translation of the whole text below.

Photo © Jan Kliment


A Memorial to a Bolshevik Commissar?

Jaroslav Hašek

 

 

February or March 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, on September 24th 1915 he was captured by the Russians near the village of Khorupan (Хорупань, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine). Having been through the Tockoe POW camp, in the spring of 1916, he joined the 1st (Czechoslovak) 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. In 1917, he became a company clerk of the 7th Company. Then, during the political turmoil within the Legions in revolutionary Russia he chose the wrong side of the struggle and deserted, having announced in writing his departure on April 12th. A warrant for his arrest  was issued by the Czechoslovak Legions on July 25th 1918.] 
March 1918

Became a member of the Communist Party of Russia (Bolsheviks)

Authored articles in the Bolshevik publication Trail-blazer
April 1918

Assisted with organizing Czechoslovak platoons of the Red Army

Authored articles in the Bolshevik publication Trail-blazer
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]