The story of the Žatec Volyn Czechs.

The difficult living conditions in Austria-Hungary and the tsarist government's promise to buy cheap land, the right to national education, self-government and religious freedom prompted the emigration of 1868 Czechs to Volhynia in tsarist Russia between 1880 and 16000. Immigrants were exempted from taxes and military service for a period of 20 years. The majority of Czechs settled here and with their work contributed significantly to…