Ivan N. Minishki Memoirs, 1947

Collection context

Creator:
Minishki, Ivan N
Extent:
387 pages (387 pages)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The bound typescript memoirs "Illiuzii i deistvitel'nost'. Chast' 1. 17 let v SSSR" discuss Minishki's life in Bulgaria up to the 1923 insurrection, after which he emigrated. He discusses in more depth his life in the Soviet Union up to 1940.

Biographical / historical:

Member of the Bulgarian Communist Party and, from his immigration to the Soviet Union in 1924, member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union Minishki worked in a bank, served in the Red Army and worked as an industrial engineer. At the time of the great purges he was arrested, then released after about two years in prisons and concentration camps.

Access and use

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