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1918 Across Russia and Siberia Czech émigré diary

MARTÍNEK, Josef – Napříč Ruskem a Sibiří: Listy z denníku. [Across Russia and Siberia: Pages from a Diary] Cleveland (Ohio): Nákladem Amerických Dělnických Listů, ca. 1918. In Czech. 8vo, 41 pp. Original printed wrappers. Very Good condition—light wear to lower edges of front wrapper, slight toning, otherwise clean and solid. A Czech‑language eyewitness account by Czech‑American socialist journalist Josef Martínek, recounting his mission across Russia and Siberia during and after the Russian Revolution. Martínek was deeply involved in the Czech émigré press and diplomacy, including a mission to Russia to maintain it on the anti‑German side and later participating in the Pittsburská dohoda negotiations Inv. H1ob