Milan Rastislav Stefanik Statue - Prague
Posted by: Dáin & Olík
N 50° 04.884 E 014° 23.852
33U E 456895 N 5547855
Bronze Statue of M.R.Stefanik (first minister of war of Czechoslovakia) next to observatory on a Petrin hill.
Waymark Code: WM6A8A
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/01/2009
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Milan Rastislav Štefánik
July 21, 1880 – May 4, 1919 was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council (i.e. resistance government), and 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.)
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