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Russian Hussar : a story of the Imperial Cavalry, 1911-1920
Author
Title
Russian Hussar : a story of the Imperial Cavalry, 1911-1920 / by Vladimir S. Littauer ; introduction by Dennis E. Showalter ; foreword by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.
ISBN
0942597532
9780942597530
Published
Shippensburg, PA, USA : White Mane Pub. Co., 1993.
Physical Description
xviii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Graham 13: Dust jacket. Accompanied by postcard from Mary to Nancy Martin Graham.
Notes
"Second printing, 1993 with supplemental materials"--Title page verso.
Originally published: London : J.A. Allen & Co., 1965.
Includes index.
Summary
"Captain Vladimir Littauer served in the Russian Imperial Cavalry from 1911 to 1920. After the revolution, he escaped via Siberia and Japan to the United States. This book is his autobiography, from his experiences as a cadet at the Nicholas Cavalry School in St. Petersburg to his commissioning in the Sumsky Hussars (who celebrated their 250th anniversary in 1901), through the hard struggles of the First World War, and the harder times of the revolution"--Jacket.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2018
Contents
Peacetime. Another world
The Nicholas Cavalry School
The first month in the regiment
Moscow : life in the barracks
Life in the officer's club
Life in the city
Training of the regiment
The First World War. Baptism by fire
The invasion of East Prussia
The raid and the retreat
Reoccupation of East Prussia
Fighting in the Baltic provinces
Trench warfare
The revolution. The first days of the revolution
The end of the regiment
St. Petersburg after the revolution
In the White Army.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Biography.
Personal narratives - Russian.
Also listed under
John Winston Graham Aeronautical Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States Pennsylvania Shippensburg.
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