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246. A group of correspondence and financial records relatin…
246
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246. A group of correspondence and financial records relatin…
Estimate €8,000 - €10,000
Voluntary lot
Description
246. A group of correspondence and financial records relating to Gallipoli, Serbia, Bulgaria and other centres of the White émigré movement
Correspondence and accounting records, comprising letters to and from individuals and organisations in Gallipoli, Serbia, Bulgaria and other countries associated with the White émigré movement. The material includes financial accounts, statements, receipts and related documentation, together with personal and administrative correspondence. Predominantly dating from the interwar period and comprising material in Russian and French, the group provides a record of the activities, financial affairs and networks of the Russian émigré community across Europe and the Balkans. various sizes
Provenanace
Private Collection, France.
The Gallipoli Association was established by veterans of General Pyotr Wrangel's White Army who were evacuated from Crimea following the Bolshevik victory in November 1920. Around 25000 soldiers and civilians were temporarily interned at Gallipoli, in Turkey, where they endured difficult conditions while preserving military discipline, Orthodox religious practices, and the traditions of the Imperial Army. The shared experience became known as the "Gallipoli spirit" and symbolised loyalty, sacrifice, and devotion to the cause of a non-Bolshevik Russia. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, former Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War, emerged in exile as a respected symbolic leader of the White émigré community and a figure around whom many monarchists hoped to unite. The Balkans—especially the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) and Bulgaria—became important centres of Russian emigration. With the support of local governments, Russian refugees founded cadet corps, Orthodox parishes, charitable organisations, and veterans' associations, preserving the political, religious, and cultural traditions of pre-revolutionary Russia throughout the interwar period.
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