This collection is located on-site.
The manuscripts are chiefly memoirs which recount Petr Sushilńikov's experiences in the regiment. The collection consists of one long narrative account entitled "Astrakhanskie grenadery v boi︠u︡ i bytu, 1900-1920," ten brief sketches, and a list of regiment officers, doctors and other military functionaries at the time of the mobilization in 1914.
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This collection is located on-site.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.
Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.
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Manuscripts Accessioned 1953.
Manuscripts Accessioned 1956.
Manuscripts Processed 11/--/81.
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Member of the Astrakhan Grenadier Regiment, who fought in its ranks during the Russo-Japanese War.