How Homesick Soldiers Handed Lenin the Tsar's Gold
20th Century

How Homesick Soldiers Handed Lenin the Tsar's Gold

A Czech soldier guarding boxes of gold in Vladivostok in 1920 ended up changing the outcome of the Russian Civil War.

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Russian Civil WarSoviet UnionEastern EuropeCzechoslovak LegionGoldBolsheviksWhite Army20th CenturySiberiaAlexander Kolchak

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