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The three diaries (numbered 4, 5, and 6, in all 517p.) cover July 1863 - October 1865, when the author was stationed mainly in Stavropolʹ.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Petr Ivanovich D'Alviro-Bastien Diaries; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Diaries: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Diaries Accessioned 1953.
Diaries Processed 03/--/82.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/D'Alviro-Bastien.
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Petr Ivanovich D'Alviro-Bastien (1825-1889), a high-ranking officer in the Russian army. Born in Italy, as a child got to Russia, where he was raised and educated and became an officer. From St. Petersburg he went to the Caucasus, and after its conquest was General M. D. Skobelev's adjutant in the Turkestan campaign, then commanded the Apsheron Regiment, retired as a Major-General. His name has several spelling variations: D'Alviro-Bastieno, D'Alviro-Bast'en, D'Alviro-Bast'eno.
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| Russia -- History, Military -- 1801-1917 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |