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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
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008.
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[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