Milan Rastislav Stefanik & 3571 Milanstefanik Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

During World War I, he served as a General in the French Army and, at the same time, as the Czechoslovak Minister of War. As one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council (i.e. resistance government), he contributed decisively to the cause of Czechoslovak sovereignty. The status of Czech- and Slovak-populated territories, among others, was in question until shortly before the disintegration of Austria-Hungary in 1918.
Štefánik believed that the defeat of Austria-Hungary and Imperial Germany, after the outbreak of the First World War, would offer the opportunity for the Slovaks and Czechs to gain independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1916, Štefánik and the Czecho-Slovak resistance started to organize Czechoslovak troops (legions) that would fight against Austria-Hungary and Germany.
In January 1919, when the war ended, Štefánik went from Russia to France and Italy, where he organized the retreat of Czechoslovak troops from Siberia in March in Paris.
On May 4, 1919 his plane tried to land near Bratislava (which was a military conflict area between the First Republic of Czechoslovakia and the Hungarian Soviet Republic at that time), but crashed near Ivanka pri Dunaji.

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Plaque Inscription:
CZ: Milan Rastislav Štefánik 21.7.1880 – 4.5.1919.
Dne 30.8.1994 byla zde, za úcasti prezidenta republiky, odhalena socha spoluzakladatele cs.státu, astronoma, generála Dr. M.R.Štefánika
EN: Milan Rastislav Stefanik July 21, 1880 - May 4, 1919.
On August 30, 1994 was here, with the participation of the president, unveiled a statue of the co-founder of the Czechoslovak state, astronomer, general Dr. Milan Rastislav Stefanik




3571 Milanstefanik Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: A. Mrkos
Date of discovery: 15. 3. 1982
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory

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