[club1543502|Ludwig von Sobotka Avenue].5 photos

It appeared in the second half of the 1970s. It was named in honor of Ludvík Svoboda, a Hero of the Soviet Union and participant in the liberation of Kharkiv. Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) was a Czechoslovakian military and political figure, general in the Czechoslovak Army, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1968 to 1975, three-time Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Hero of the Soviet Union (on November 24, 1965), and People’s Hero of Yugoslavia. He was born into a peasant family in the village of Hroznatín in Austria-Hungary (now part of the Kraj Vysočina in Czechia). In 1915, he graduated from the Advanced Agricultural School and was drafted into the army, being sent to the Eastern Front. As early as September of that same year, he voluntarily surrendered to the Russians. He was held in Kyiv, later released, and worked in the urban fire department. In the fall of 1916, he joined the Czech Legion in the Russian Army, commanding companies and battalions. During the Civil War, he participated in the activities of the Czechoslovak Corps and fought against the Red Army in the Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg areas, commanding units at various levels. In 1920, after returning to Czechoslovakia from the Siberian campaign, he served in the 36th Infantry Regiment in Uzhhorod. After Germany occupied the country in March 1939, he was discharged from the army and became an active member of the local anti-fascist movement; after its suppression, he fled to Poland, where he joined the Czechoslovak military organization. When Poland was taken by the Germans, he was interned by the Red Army. In 1941, he obtained permission to establish a Czechoslovak military unit in the Soviet Union, and in January 1942, he was appointed deputy commander of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Infantry Battalion. He fought in the area around the village of Sokolovo near Kharkiv, where his battalion, despite suffering heavy losses, demonstrated remarkable courage and combat effectiveness. For this performance, Svoboda was awarded a Soviet order. Subsequently, the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Infantry Battalion was expanded into the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Infantry Brigade. In June 1943, he led the brigade in battles on the Voronezh Front, notably in the liberation of Kyiv. In 1944, the brigade was reorganized into the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps. Under his command, the corps entered Czechoslovakia with Soviet forces and continued to fight there until the end of the war. A street in Uzhhorod and a promenade in Kharkiv are named after him. Source: vk.com/soviet_kharkov #Kharkov #History #Ukraine