Gleb Alekseevich Benzeman Papers, 1930-1977

Collection context

Creator:
Benzeman, Gleb Alekseevich, 1898-1982
Extent:
10 items 2 folders
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The papers largely concern Russian military history and the emigre monarchist movement. There are two letters and typescripts on such themes as military education before World War I, the Benzeman family, and the kidnapping of General A. P. Kutepov in 1930. Also included are a pamphlet entitled "Imperator Nikolai II" (no author, published in Germany in 1948), and a binder entitled "Iz krasivogo proshlogo imperatorskoi Rossii" consisting of clippings of articles written by Benzeman.

Biographical / historical:

Gleb Alekseevich Benzeman (1898-1982), officer of Russian Imperial Army. Graduated from First Imperial Cadet Corps in Petrograd (1915) and Russian Imperial Military Pavlovsky College (1916). Captain of Russian Imeprial Garde, Regiment of Imperil Grenadier, member in Perpetuity of the Military Order of the World Wars of USA.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gleb Alekseevich Benzeman Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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