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    <unittitle>V Boiakh za Rodinu I Za Stalina</unittitle>
    <unitid>4078290</unitid>
    <unitid>BAR Gen Ms Coll/"V boi︠a︡kh..."</unitid>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="rus" scriptcode="Latn">Russian</language>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">362 pages</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1951/1951">1951</unitdate>
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    <head>Summary</head>
<p>Typescript memoirs by an unknown author (ca. 1915-) about the Soviet Union during World War II. The author discusses life in the Soviet Union in 1939-1941 and his experiences in the Red Army in 1942-1943. The memoirs end with his desertion from the Red Army after reading a "vlasovskai︠a︡ listovka" (Vlasov leaflet).</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Location of Originals Note</head>
<p>Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.</p>  </originalsloc>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Manuscript: Source of acquisition--Boris Nikolaevskiĭ (Nikolaevsky). Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1951.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical sketch</head>
<p>Unknown author.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>Manuscript Accessioned 1951.</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>Manuscript Processed 05/--/80.</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>This collection is located on-site.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union</subject>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300202559" source="aat">Memoirs</genreform>
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