Vasil Timkovič Explained

Vasil Timkovič (21 March 1923 – 2 January 2023) was a Czechoslovak veteran of World War II, who fought for the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union in the Battle of Kiev and the Battle of the Dukla Pass.^[1] He was one of the last living witnesses of the fighting on the Eastern Front.^[2]

Biography

Timkovič was born in 1923 in the village of Skotarskoje in Carpathian Ruthenia (then part of Czechoslovakia).^[3]

Before joining the army, Timkovič survived a gulag. He was a veteran of the Liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945.^[4]

Timkovič died on 2 January 2023, aged 99, and was buried on 13 January 2023 with military honours in Česká Třebová.

External links

• Student film about the wartime fate of Vasil Timkovič

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vasil Timkovič. 8 January 2023. Memory of Nations.
2. Web site: Zemřel válečný veterán Vasil Timkovič. Vstup do armády jej vykoupil z gulagu, bojoval u Kyjeva i na Dukle . 8 January 2023 . ČT24. Czech Television. cs.
3. Web site: Vasil Timkovič (1923 - 2023) . 2023-01-23 . pametnaroda.cz . cs.
4. Web site: Přežil ruský gulag i válku, domů ho komunisté už nikdy nepustili. Příběh Vasila Timkoviče je téměř zapomenut . 2023-05-08. Czech Television. ČT24. cs.