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Cherkassov (Konstantin Stavrovich (Lagoridov)) typescript: Mezhdu dvukh ogneĭ
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  • Title: Konstantin Stavrovich Cherkassov (Lagoridov) typescript: Mezhdu dvukh ogneĭ
    Date (inclusive): 1984
    Collection Number: 2008C41
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Novel, relating to the Russkaia Osvoboditel'naia Armiia. Includes some correspondence relating to publication.
    Creator: Cherkassov, Konstantin
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Konstantin Stavrovich Cherkassov (Lagoridov) Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Location of Originals

    Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York

    Chronology

    1921, March 2 Born Konstantin Stavrovich Lagoridov, Taganrog, Russia
    194?-194? Captain, 5th Cossack Division
    1949 Arrived in Australia

    Biography

    Konstantin Stavrovich Cherkassov was born Konstantin Lagoridov in Taganrog, Russia, on March 2, 1921. He adopted his new name after World War II to escape forced repatriation to the Soviet Union. During the war, he joined General Andrei Vlasov's Russkaia osvoboditel'naia armiia and was a captain in the Fifth Cossack Division under the command of General Ivan Kononov, serving later as reconnaissance officer. In the postwar period, Cherkassov lived in a displaced persons camp in Parsch, Austria, where he assumed the last name Dulshers. In 1949 he immigrated to Australia, where he worked as a gardener. The collection contains Cherkassov's novel "Mezhdu dvukh ognei" in manuscript form, for which he drew on his firsthand experience as a member of the Russian Liberation Army (Russkaia osvoboditel'naia armiia).

    Scope and Content of Collection

    These papers contain Konstantin Stavrovich Cherkassov's novel "Mezhdu dvukh ognei" in manuscript form. As a former member of General Andrei Vlasov's Rossiiskaia osvoboditel'naia armiia, Cherkassov wrote this work of historical fiction drawing on facts experienced first-hand. Cherkassov was born Lagoridov, but adopted his new name after World War II. He was a captain in the 5th Cossack Division under the command of General Ivan Kononov, and later served as reconnaissance officer. After World War II, Cherkassov first assumed the last name Dulshers. Cherkassov lived in a displaced persons camp in Parsch, Austria, until 1949, when he emigrated to Australia, where he worked as a gardener. Included are his letters to Archbishop Laurus, to whom he submitted his manuscript for consideration for publication by Holy Trinity Monastery's printshop of St. Job of Pochaev.
    Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Fiction
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Fiction
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
    Russkai͡a osvoboditelʹnai͡a armii͡a