Arkadii Al'fredovich Borman Memoirs, 1952-1953
Collection context
- Creator:
- Borman, Arkadiĭ, 1891-1974
- Extent:
- 3 items (3 folders)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Typescript memoirs of A. A. Borman, entitled "Vospominaniia o strashnykh godakh (1917-1918)", and concern his activities during the Revolution and early Civil War. Also included are published English and Russian versions of a portion of his memoirs, concerning Petr Struve's escape from Soviet Russia in 1918.
- Biographical / historical:
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Arkadii Al'fredovich Borman (1891 - 1974), writer, journalist, lawyer, and public figure; son of Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, writer and founder of the Constitutional Democratic (Kadet) Party. During the Civil War he fulfilled political commissions of generals A. I. Denikin and P. N. Vrangel. Emigrated in 1920, lived in London and Paris. Participated in "Rossiiskoe tsentral'noe ob"edinenie" in Paris; worked in newspaper "Vozrozhdenie", magazines "Chasovoi", "Signal", and other Russian periodicals. In 1951 moved to the USA, where he worked for 13 years in Russian office of "Voice of America" radio station. Contributed to "Novoe Russkoe Slovo" and "Russkaia Mysl'", and others. Author of a couple of books, including "A. V. Tyrkova-Williams po ee pis'mam i vospominaniiam syna", novel "Sinee zoloto", and memoirs.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Terms of access:
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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arkadii Al'fredovich Borman Memoirs; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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