Russian Vendee. Essays on the Civil War on the Don. 1917-1920
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Russian Vendee. Essays on the Civil War on the Don. 1917-1920
14.99 €
Alexander Vasilyevich Golubintsev was a major general of the Don units of the White Army. From 1902, he served in the 3rd Don Ermak Timofeevich Regiment. In 1917, he was the commander of his native regiment. In early 1918, Golubintsev led his regiment from the front to the Don and... sent the Cossacks home. Not everyone understood him - he accepted the new government with complete humility, which seemed surprising... But Golubintsev was far from humble. On April 25, 1918, the Cossack congress of the Ust-Khoperskaya stanitsa decided: "Not to submit to the existing Soviet power..." Golubintsev took the post of chief of the garrison of the Ust-Khoperskaya stanitsa and commander of the Cossack detachment. The logic of the development of events led A.V. Golubintsev to the White Army, where he commanded large Cossack units, divisions and brigades of several divisions... From November 1919, A.V. Golubintsev was a major general...
After the evacuation of the Whites from Crimea, Golubintsev ended up in Bulgaria. He taught at the ROVS officer courses and worked on memoirs about the Civil War. A.V. Golubintsev completed the book in 1925... but the first edition was published only in 1959. During this time, the general underwent amazing metamorphoses... "We brought with us into emigration a handful of native soil and a mortal hatred of the Bolsheviks," he wrote in the finale. This hatred led A.V. Golubintsev to collaborate with the fascists, which alienated many like-minded people from him. At the end of World War II, he ended up in an American prisoner of war camp, thanks to which he avoided execution as a traitor to his homeland. In 1955, Golubintsev moved to the United States, where he died eight years later. He was forgotten in his homeland. Meanwhile, his story is of interest. General Golubintsev was personally involved in important events that left a mark on the history of the Don Cossacks.
After the evacuation of the Whites from Crimea, Golubintsev ended up in Bulgaria. He taught at the ROVS officer courses and worked on memoirs about the Civil War. A.V. Golubintsev completed the book in 1925... but the first edition was published only in 1959. During this time, the general underwent amazing metamorphoses... "We brought with us into emigration a handful of native soil and a mortal hatred of the Bolsheviks," he wrote in the finale. This hatred led A.V. Golubintsev to collaborate with the fascists, which alienated many like-minded people from him. At the end of World War II, he ended up in an American prisoner of war camp, thanks to which he avoided execution as a traitor to his homeland. In 1955, Golubintsev moved to the United States, where he died eight years later. He was forgotten in his homeland. Meanwhile, his story is of interest. General Golubintsev was personally involved in important events that left a mark on the history of the Don Cossacks.
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