Ivan N. Minishki Memoirs4077839Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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.

 Location of Originals Note

Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.

 Biographical sketch

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.

 Processing Information

Memoirs Accessioned 1953.

 Processing Information

Memoirs Processed 03/--/80.

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This collection is located on-site.

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 Kommunistcheskai︠a︣ partii︠a︡ Sovest︠s︡kogo Soi︠u︡za Bŭlgarska komunisticheska partii︠a︡ Bulgaria -- History -- September uprising, 1923 Memoirs