Overview of the Lieutenant Kapnist papers

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Title: Lieutenant Kapnist papers

Date (inclusive): 1919-1920

Collection Number: YY252

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Russian, French, and Czech

Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Orders, telegrams, and correspondence relating to the liaison work of Lieutenant Kapnist with General Pierre Janin, French Army officer and commander of Czechoslovak and other Allied troops in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.

Creator: Kapnist, Lieutenant

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lieutenant Kapnist papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

White Russian Army officer.

Scope and Content of Collection

Orders, telegrams, and correspondence relating to the liaison work of Lieutenant Kapnist with General Pierre Janin, French Army officer and commander of Czechoslovak and other Allied troops in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920

Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Czechs -- Soviet Union

Russia. Armii͡a. Československý střelecký pluk

Janin, général, 1862-