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Handwritten and typescript memoirs (69 pages) of Zinovii Ivanovich Baltushevskii (Baltusauskas), describing his military education at the Vil'no Military Academy and his service in 1913-1916. There is also one issue of the journal "Voennaia Byl'" (May 1963) with Baltushevskii's article "Tragediia XX armeiskogo korpusa v Avgustovskikh lesakh" describing military events in 1914-1915.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Zinovii Ivanovich Baltushevskii (Baltusauskas) Memoirs; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Memoirs Accessioned 1960.
Memoirs Processed 12/--/78.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen MsColl/Baltusauskas (later - BAR Gen MsColl/Baltushevskii).
2020-01-20 PDF removed. kws
2021-06-17 Collection was renamed from Zinovii Ivanovich Baltusauskas (Baltushevskii) Memoirs to Zinovii Ivanovich Baltushevskii (Baltusauskas) Memoirs. ksd
2021-06-17 Notes revised and expanded. ksd
Zinovii Ivanovich Baltushevskii (Baltusauskas), graduated from Vilna Military Academy in 1913, officer of the 114th Infantry Regiment, Captain of the 531st Infantry Regiments. Served in the Southern Army (enrolled in Pskovevsen, 1918). Lieutenant colonel. Emigrated, after 1963 in the USA, by 1967 an contributor to the magazine "Voennaia Byl'"
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