Plaques, statues, stamps and events: Milán R. Štefánik's legacy in the world and beyond...

As an astronomer, scientist, aviator, diplomat, and co-founder of Czecho-Slovakia, Milán R.Štefánik was a Slovak Renaissance man. The folowing is a non-exhaustive list of tributes to General Štefánik from across the world and in outer space...

Photographer unknown. "View of the Bradlo Hill monument to General Milán R. Štefánik with General Štefánik's photograph included on the right upper corner" Bradlo Hill (Slovakia), [196-?], 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 in. x 5 in., Imrich Stolárik Fonds, 20-011, Series 2: Canadian Slovak League (CSL) Part 1, box 548, file 1, P-X20-11-168, Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa.

In Slovakia and the Czech Republic...

The tomb of General Milán R. Štefánik is in Bradlo Hill, Slovakia. This monument, from artist Dušan Jerkovič and built between 1927 and 1928. consists of stairs, two terraces and four obelisks. It is now the site of yearly meetings and celebrations in May.

Bratislava's airport is named after General Štefánik, a fitting tribute to Štefánik, the pilot.

Twelve schools in Slovakia share their name with Milán R. Štefánik.

The Milán R. Štefánik Order, established in 1990, was given to members of the military as a reward to exceptional work in the defense of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. Some of the recipients of this award included Jan Ambrus, Mikuláš Ferjenčik and Ján Golian.

An observatory and a statue named after Milán R. Štefánik are found in Petrín Park, Prague.

The M.R. Štefánik Foundation, with the help of the Slovak army and the Slovak National Theatre, organized an event in 2010 in honour of Štefánik's 130th birth anniversary with various events, including an award ceremony, a book launch and the viewing of a French documentary film.

In 2019, coins will be issued in commemoration of General Štefánik's death.

France, Slovakia and Czechoslovakia are three countries that issued stamps of Štefánik in 1935, 1939, 1945 and 2003.

In France...

A square in Paris' 16ième arrondissement is named after Milán R. Štefánik. A memorial plaque with an engraved portrait of Štefánik with astronomical instruments, an homage to Štefánik, the astronomer, is located in the square.

In North America...

In the United States...

A plaque from the Slovak Welfare Club in memory of Milán R. Štefánik is located in New York's Tompkins Square Park.

Photographer unknown. "Andrej Rolík standing in front of General Milán R. Štefánik's statue, [Cleveland, Ohio?]", [Cleveland (Ohio)?], [April 1968], 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 6.5 in., L'udovit Kandra Fonds, 20-003, Series 3: Personal correspondence, Subseries 4.6: 1976, box 7, file 24, item 20-003-S4-SS6-F24-I1, Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa.

A statue of Milán R. Štefánik in Wade Park, Cleveland (Ohio), is the centrepiece of the Slovak Cultural Garden.

In Canada...

The Slovak-Canadian Society of M.R. Štefánik organized a ball in support of Slovak Television in Canada for Slovenský svet.

Matica Slovenska Abroad. "Poster 6 ekumenický kalendár", [Hamilton (Ontario)], [1980], 1 print : poster, blue, red, black ink on white paper ; 9 x 16 in., Ján Okáľ Fonds, 20-016, Series 5: Subjects, box 10, file 10, item 20-016-S5-F35-I3, Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa.

Many Slovak-Canadian organizations (and Slovak-American as well...) use General Štefánik's military portrait in its promotional material including commemorative ribbons, posters, busts and calendars.

And in outer space...

A small asteroid, the milanštefánik, was named in his honour, another nod to his work as an astronomer. It was discovered in 1982 at the Kle Observatory in the Czech Republic.