Mariia Charlzovna Reeve Memoirs and Photograph, 1920-1975
Collection context
- Creator:
- Reeve, Marii︠a︡ Charlzovna (Erica Maria Riv), 1900-
- Extent:
- 2 items 2 items
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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The memoirs are entitled"Peace, War, and Revolution" (72 p.); they chiefly concern 1917-1920. Also included is a photograph of her and her English husband in 1920.
- Biographical / historical:
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Reeve was of partly British descent. In early 1918 her family left Moscow for the Ukraine, eventually coming to Odessa. After the Bolsheviks took control of Odessa later in 1918, she became an unofficial representative for British and Americans in the city. In early 1920, after the Whites and Allies had taken and again lost Odessa, she was evacuated to Istanbul. She subsequently went to England.
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