Boris Viktorovich Gontarev Memoirs, 1959-1960
Collection context
- Creator:
- Gontarev, Boris Viktorovich, 1879-
- Extent:
- 11 pages (11 pages)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Manuscript memoirs, entitled "Perezhitoe" (11 p.). One manuscript gives general autobiographical facts and the author's political views. The other manuscript describes life on his family's estate during the early 20th century.
- Biographical / historical:
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An officer in the Imperial and White Armies, who served on the Riga front during World War I and in the Crimea during the Civil War.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Location of this collection:
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