{{Short description|Czech military officer (1892–1963)}} {{Expand Czech|topic=bio|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Lev Prchala | birth_name = | image = Lev Prchala (1892-1963).jpg | image_size = | caption = Lev Prchala | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|03|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Slezská Ostrava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|06|11|1892|03|23|df=y}} | death_place = Feldbach, Austria | burial_place = | allegiance = Czechoslovakia | branch = | service_years = | rank = Army General (Czechoslovakia) | unit = | commands = | battles = World War I }} '''Lev Prchala''' (23 March 1892 – 11 June 1963) was a Czech military officer, legionary commander during World War I, general of the Czechoslovak Army, minister of the Voloshyn's autonomous government of Carpathian Ruthenia in 1939, commander of the Czechoslovak Legion in Poland during the German invasion of Poland and anti-communist politician in exile during the Cold War.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plachý |first1=Jiří |title=První jednotka čs. vojáků nevznikala v roce 1939 lehce |url=http://www.vhu.cz/prvni-jednotka-cs-vojaku-nevznikala-v-roce-1939-lehce/ |website=VHU.cz |publisher=Vojenský historický ústav Praha |accessdate=5 June 2018 |language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Československý Legion v Polsku 1939 |url=http://www.nm.cz/Historicke-muzeum/Vystavy-HM/Ceskoslovenska-Legie-v-Polsku-1939.html |website=NM.cz |publisher=Národní muzeum |accessdate=5 June 2018 |language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141420/http://www.nm.cz/Historicke-muzeum/Vystavy-HM/Ceskoslovenska-Legie-v-Polsku-1939.html |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pop |first1=Ivan |title=Ivan Pop: Osobnosti našich dejín - PRCHALA Lev |url=http://www.rusyn.sk/ivan-pop-osobnosti-nasich-dejin-prchala-lev/ |website=Rusyn.sk |accessdate=20 August 2018 |language=cs|date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232512/http://www.rusyn.sk/ivan-pop-osobnosti-nasich-dejin-prchala-lev/ |archive-date=27 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0765610270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnKlDAAAQBAJ&q=lev+prchala&pg=PA2291 |accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref>
==Decorations==
{| |75px|alt=Medaile za statečnost, malá stříbrná | Medal for Bravery, Small |- |75px|alt=Medaile za statečnost, velká stříbrná | Medal for Bravery, Large |- |75px|alt=Vojenský záslužný kříž, III. třídy | Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class |- |75px|alt=Řád svatého Vladimíra, IV. třídy s meči a mašlí |Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class with Swords and Ribbon |- |75px|alt=Řád sokola, vojenská skupina s meči |Order of the Falcon (Czechoslovakia)<ref>{{cite web|title=Prchala, Lev|url=http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/24251|publisher=Valka.cz from Vojenský ústřední archiv ({{Translation|Central Military Archives}}) records|accessdate=4 July 2012|language=Czech}}</ref> |- |75px|alt=Válečný kříž |Croix de Guerre |- |75px|alt=Československý válečný kříž 1914–1918 |Czechoslovak War Cross 1918 |- |75px|alt=Řád za vynikající službu |Distinguished Service Order |- |75px|alt=Řád čestné legie, IV. třídy – důstojník |Legion of Honour, 4th Class ''Officer'' |- |75px|alt=Řád čestné legie, V. třídy – rytíř |Legion of Honour, 5th Class ''Chevalier'' |- |75px|alt=Válečný záslužný kříž | War Merit Cross (Italy) |- |75px|alt=Řád medvědobijce, II. třídy | Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class |- |75px|alt=Medaile vítězství |World War I Victory Medal (Czechoslovak) |- |75px|alt=Československá revoluční medaile |Medal of the Revolution of Czechoslovakia |- |75px|alt=Řád rumunské koruny, II. třídy - velkodůstojník |Order of the Crown, 2nd Class (''Grand Officer'') |- |75px|alt=Řád rumunské hvězdy, II. třídy s meči | Order of the Star of Romania, 2nd Class with Swords |- |75px|alt=Řád bílého orla, II. třídy - velkodůstojník | Order of the White Eagle, 2nd Class |- |75px|alt= Cross of Valour (Poland) | Cross of Valour (Poland) |- |75px|alt=Medaile Za vojenské zásluhy 1917 | Greek Medal of Military Merit of 1917 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prchala, Lev}} Category:1892 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof Category:Czech anti-communists Category:Czech generals Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Category:Politicians from Ostrava