Vasilii Fedorovich Klement'ev Papers, 1915-1975

Collection context

Creator:
Klementév, Vasiliĭ Fedorovich, b. 189?, Struve, Gleb, Klepikov, Flegont, Shesheni︠a︡, Leonid, and Partīi︠a︡ sot︠s︡īalistov-revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īonerov
Extent:
18 items 1 box
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The bulk of the papers consists of Klementév's manuscript memoirs (250 p.), which deal with such topics as the Civil War, Boris Savinkov and the Soi︠u︡z Zashchity from the 1920s, Flegont Klepikov and Leonid Shesheni︠a︡ (with a photograph of the latter); and a volume of essays on the Soviet secret police, entitled "Che-Ka" published by the Russian Socialist Revolutionaries in 1922.

Biographical / historical:

Officer in the White Army and member of the Soi︠u︡z Zashchity Rodiny i Svobody (League for the Defense of the Motherland and Freedom).

Access and use

Restrictions:

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