Russian Expeditionary Forces in France and Macedonia Records, 1914-1930

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Series I: 1961 Purchase, 1916-1919
• Series II: 1989 Gift

Description

Scope and content

Orders, financial records, subject files, lists and service records of the Russian Expeditionary Forces. The collection pertains almost entirely to World War I, and there are limited materials on the Civil War in Russia and the emigration in Europe. The bulk of the collection consists of service records (posluzhnye spiski) and lists of soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Special Infantry (Osobye Pekhotnye) divisions. There are reports, plans, orders and financial records concerning these units in 1916-1919, chiefly in France. Files in the Civil War largely concern the northwestern front. Other files concern courts of honor (sud chesti) both in World War I and in the 1920s. Also in the collection is a book, IU. N. Danilov "Russkie Otriady na Frantsuzskom i Makedonskom Frontakh, 1916-18 g.".

• Series I: 1961 Purchase, 1916-1919

• Series II: 1989 Gift

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Accruals

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Ownership and Custodial History

Purchase, 1961; gift of Association des officiers Russes, 1989.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1961.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Association des officiers russes. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/--/89. Accession number--B-91-6-24.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1961.

Papers Processed 04/--/82.

Papers Processed ejs 1989.

Revision Description

2021-02-19 Authorities and notes reviewed and updated. ksd

Subject Headings

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

In 1916, at the insistence of France and England, Russia sent some army units to France and Macedonia; these units were eventually expanded to two divisions (about 50,000 men).