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Kriger's memoirs "Zapiski inzhenera" describe his childhood, education and work as director of the railways of Southern Russia. They include a brief history of railways and their importance in Russia, concentrating on the period before the Revolution. Kriger also gives his opinion of why the tsarist government fell, citing a number of geographical, ethnographical and historical factors.
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Anonymous gift, 1988.
Memoirs: Source of acquisition--Anonymous. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/01/88. Accession number--B-89-1-24.
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Memoirs Processed ejs 04/--/88.
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Eduard Kriger was the Assistant Minister of Transportation under Tsar Nicholas II. He later became a white army officer under General Wrangel during the Russian Civil War. Kriger changed his last name to Voĭnovskiĭ during World War I.
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| Railroads -- Soviet Union | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |