was instead appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces. Post-war On 6 July 1945 Ingr was promoted to army general and retired, becoming his country's ambassador in The Hague. In 1949 he established The Council of Free Czechoslovakia as the attempt to reestablish the democracy in Czechoslovakia after the Communist's victory. He died in 1956, officially of heart failure. Decorations Awarded by Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak War Cross, three tilia sprouts (1919) Czechoslovak War Cross (1940, 1945) Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order (1991) Czechoslovak Revolution Medal (1919) Allied Victory Medal (1919) Medal of Distinguished Service, 1st class (1944) Medal of Valor (1945) Memorial Medal of Czechoslovak Foreign Army (1944) Commemorative medal of the Battle of Zborov (1947) Commemorative medal of the second national resistance (1947) The Commemorative Medal of the 2nd Shooting Regiment "Jiri z Podebrad" (1947) Awarded by France Légion d'honneur, Grand Officier (1950) Légion d'honneur, Commandeur (1947) Légion d'honneur, Officier (1940) Légion d'honneur, Chevalier [Knight] (1926) Médaille des services militaires volontaires (1928) Awarded by Great Britain Order of the Bath, Knight Commander (1944) 1939–45 Star (1945) Defence Medal (1945) War Medal 1939–1945 (1945) Awarded by Greece Order of the Redeemer, Grand Commander (1932) Awarded by Italy Allied Victory Medal, (1928) Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy, (1930) Awarded by the Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau, Commander (1949) Awarded by Norway Order of St. Olav, Commander (1949) Awarded by Poland Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand Cross (1941) Awarded by Romania Order of the Star of Romania, Commander (1930) Awarded by Russia Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class (1917) Awarded by USA Legion of Merit, Commander (1945) Awarded by Yugoslavia Order of White Eagle, Officer's Cross (1936) Order of White Eagle, Knight's Cross (1930) Order of the Yugoslav Crown, Second Class (1941) Order of St. Sava, Commander Albanian Commemorative Medal (1923) References External links Ingr na totalita.cz Profile on totalita.cz Stránky muzea věnovaného Ingrovi Museum of Sergej Ingr 1894 births 1956 deaths People from Hodonín District People from the Margraviate of Moravia Government ministers of Czechoslovakia Czech generals Chiefs of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia) Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox Christians from the Czech Republic Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Czechoslovak prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by Russia Czechoslovak Legion 20th-century Czech people Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross Recipients of the Order of the Yugoslav Crown Recipients of the Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order Grand Officiers