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Mikhail Grigor'evich Cherniaev (1828 – 1898), Russian Lieutenant-General, Turkestan Governor-General, Commander-in-Chief of the Serbian Army (Moravian Corps of the Serbian Army), politician.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mikhail Grigor'evich Cherniaev Autobiography; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Collection was found in the box along with other BAR General manuscript collections in October 2022. No trace of paper work was found, there was no any record in Voyager or ArchiveSpace, no collection file. Record was created, bib ID and a call number were assigned.
Notebook with holograph manuscript entitled "Avtobiografiia M. G. Chernyaeva" written by unidentified person. The preface to the autobiography states that "Autobigraphy of M. G. Cherniaev was written down by the editor of "Russkaia Starina," Mikhail Ivanovich Semevskii, or rather a member of his editorial board ... Mikh. Iv. Semevskii sent it to Chernyaev for approval."
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