Vladimir Vasil'evich Shapkin Manuscript, 1966

Collection context

Creator:
Shapkin, Vladimir VasileĢvich, 1890-
Extent:
1 item (1 item)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The memoirs describe the final days, in the Fall of 1917, of the Supreme Commander's Headquarters and his own subsequent mission to the Ukrainian government in Kiev on behalf of the Cossacks, especially the Don Cossacks.

Biographical / historical:

Shapkin was a Don Cossack leader who was elected in 1917 to the post of "commissar" of the whole Cossack Host at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander in Chief.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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