Fedor F. and Vera V. Kirkhgof Memoirs, 1959-1976

Collection context

Creator:
Kirkhgof, Fedor F., b. ca. 1890 and Kirkhgof, Vera V., 1900-
Extent:
7 items (7 items)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

Memoirs of Fedor F. Kirkhgof and of his wife, Vera V. Fedor's typescript memoirs (in all 220 p.) are in six parts, entitled: "Vospominanii︠a︡ adʺi︠u︡tanta komendanta glavnoĭ kvartiry shtaba verkhovnogo glavnokomandui︠u︡shchego"; "Pokhod Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskogo Polka 1914-1918"; "Posledniĭ period Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskogo Polka"; "Moe vozvrashchenie s voĭny"; "Moi︠a︡ zhizn ́v Petrograde v 1918 i 1919 godakh i komandirovka osobogo naznachenii︠a︡ v Berlin v 1918 godu"; and "Moi︠a︡ zhizn ́na Ukraine v 1919 godu." The typescript memoirs of Vera Kirkhgof, entitled "Moi︠a︡ shkola" (16.), mostly discuss her education at the Shaffe girls' gymnasium in St. Petersburg.

Biographical / historical:

Officer in the Izmaĭlovskiĭ Regiment during World War I and then an adjutant on the staff of the Russian supreme military command.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Location of this collection:
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