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The memoirs cover 1912-1922, but concentrate on 1918-1920.
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Memoirs: Source of acquisition--T. A. Protopopova. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Memoirs Accessioned 1977.
Memoirs Processed 11/--/80.
2021-09-02 PDF duplicative, link removed.
Protopopova, nʹee Varnek, was a military nurse in World War I and the Civil War. She took the Kaufman nursing course before the war, and served as a nurse on several fronts, in hospitals, and on hospital trains during World War I. In 1918 she left the service and returned to her family estate near Tuapse in the north Caucasus region. There she and her family had to contend with local peasants, Reds, and "Greens." In November 1918 Protopopova joined the White Army medical service, and served in the eastern Ukraine, Rostov-na-Donu, and north Caucasus regions. She returned to Tuapse in early 1920, which subsequently was taken by the Reds. She was evacuated by a French ship to the Crimea in March 1920 and rejoined the White medical service. She was evacuated from the Crimea to Istanbul in late 1920, and, eventually, to Bulgaria.
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