Konstantin Nikolaevich Khagondokov Memoirs, 1951-1952
Collection context
- Creator:
- Khagondokov, Konstantin Nikolaevich, 1871-
- Extent:
- 69 items (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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The memoirs are both in manuscript (68 notebooks, over 3,800 pages), and in a typescript copy (944 p.). They cover Khagondokov's youth and military education; service in the Far East and in Central Asia; service in World War I, mostly on the Caucasian front; his experiences during 1917 in the Far East and Petrograd (where he met with A.I. Guchkov and other members of the Provisional Government); and the Civil War in the Caucasus region, Georgia, and Azerbaidzhan.
- Biographical / historical:
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By birth a Kabardian, Khagondokov was a General in the Imperial Army, and, in 1916-1917, military governor of the Amur region.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Location of this collection:
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