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Typescript memoir, entitled "Kornilovskii pokhod," of V. N. Birkin. The memoir, which is part 7 of a longer work entitled "Povesti minuvshkikh let" discusses Birkin's experiences in the first part of the Civil War.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Vasilii Nikolaevich Birkin Memoirs; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1951.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Memoirs Accessioned 1951.
Memoirs Processed 11/--/79.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Birkin.
2020-02-27 PDF removed. jg
2021-07-26 authorities revised, notes revised and expanded, bio note added. ksd
Vasilii Nikolaevich Birkin (1880? – after 1939), Russian military officer, Colonel, author of memoirs and pedagogical works. In 1918 joined the Volunteer Army (Dobrovol'cheskaia armiia), with the Don Cadet Corps was evacuated to Egypt, then moved to Germany. In 1929 published two books in Berlin - "Molodye ofitsery" and "1904-1905 gody."
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| Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |