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Title: Dmitrii Grigorevich Shcherbachev papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1920
Collection Number: 29001
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes
(3.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, orders, reports, and printed matter, relating to Russian military operations during World War I, Russian prisoners
of war in Germany, and the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
Creator:
Shcherbachev, Dmitriĭ Grigorevich, 1857-1932
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1929.
[Identification of item], Dmitrii Grigorevich Shcherbachev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Also available on microfilm (11 reels).
| 1857 | Born, Orlov Province, Russia |
| 1894 | Graduated from Nikolaevskaia Akademiia General'nago SHtaba after receiving primary and secondary military education |
| 1903 | Promoted to Major General and appointed commander of Leib-Gvardii Pavlovskii Polk |
| 1907 | Appointed head of Nikolaevskaia Voennaia Akademiia |
| 1912 | Appointed commander of the 9th Army Corps in Kiev. Enters World War I as part of the 3rd Army. Decorated with the Cross of St. George for action in battle |
| 1915 | Appointed commander of the 7th Army and took part in Brusilov's Campaign |
| Appointed commander of the 11th Army and decorated with a second St. George's Cross | |
| 1917 | Appointed deputy commander of the Romanian Front (under King Ferdinand of Romania). Joined anti-Communist forces during the Civil War |
| 1919-1920 | Acted as Military Representative of Admiral Kolchak to Allied Governments in Paris |
| 1932 | Died, Nice, France |
This collection contains archives of General-of-Infantry Dmitrii Shcherbachev, Voennyi Predstavitel' Verkhovnago Pravitelia
pri Soiuznykh Pravitel'stvakh i Soiuznom Verkhovnom Komandovanii (Military Representative of Admiral Kolchak to the Allied
governments in Paris) It consists of correspondence, reports, orders, newspaper clippings and other printed matter. Contains
material relating to Russian military operations during World War I, Russian prisoners of war in Germany, and the Russian
Revolution and Civil War. Includes material regarding Russian military personnel remaining on Western Front after World War
I, deals with Russian contingents in France and Macedonia, and Russian prisoners of war in Germany, Italy and the Baltic,
and describes conditions of life for Russian military personnel in internment camps, especially in France. Includes contents
that deal extensively with the repatriation of Russian troops, including problems of transport and destination for repatriated
troops into White or Communist held territories. Also deals with the political mood of the soldiers, the effect of Bolshevik
propaganda and attempts to form anti-Communist units to fight in the Civil War.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
Russia. Armii͡a