Dobkevich (Anton Antonovich) papers, 1898-1923

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Summary

Title:
Anton Antonovich Dobkevich papers
Dates:
1898-1923
Creators:
Dobkevich, Anton Antonovich, 1892-
Abstract:
Correspondence, military documents, and photographs, relating to Russian military activities in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Extent:
1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anton Antonovich Dobkevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of A. A. Dobkevich relate primarily to his service in the First World War and Russian Civil War (in Ataman B. V. Annenkov's unit, on an armored train, and in the security forces of the Chinese Eastern Railway). The collection also includes a few family photographs, and his father's (Lt. Colonel A. F. Dobkevich) military service record (1914).

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 Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1892 January 18 (O. S.)
Born, Dubno, Volynskaia guberniia, Russia
1910
Graduated, Pervyi Moskovskii kadetskii korpus
1912
Sub-Lieutenant, 3-ii Zaamurskii pogranichnyi pekhotnyi polk
Graduated, Kievskoe voennoe uchilishche
1915
Transferred to 74-yi Sibirskii oboznyi batalion
Wounded and awarded St. George cross
Transferred, 6-oi Zaamurskii pogranichnyi pekhotnyi polk
1916
Lieutenant, 2-ia Zaamurskaia zheleznodorozhnaia brigada
1918
Enlisted, Chinese Eastern Railway security forces
Discharged from Russian army
1919 May-August
Chief of staff, 1-aia partizanskaia kavaleriiskaia brigada
1919 August-1920 January
Senior adjutant, Otdel'naia Amurskaia kazach'ia brigada
1920 July-1921 May
Agent, Chinese Eastern Railway internal security
1922
Arrived in the United States

A. A. Dobkevich was born on 18 January 1894 (1892 according to other records) in the city of Dubno. Commissioned as an officer upon graduation from the Kiev Military School in 1913 (1912) in the 3rd Zaamurskii pogranichnyi pekhotnyi polk, he transferred to the 6th Zaamurskii pogranichnyi pekhotnyi polk upon its departure for the front in February 1915. On the Southwestern (Russian) front of the First World War, he commanded the machine-gun detachment of an armored train and was appointed commander of the armored car "Zaamurets" in June 1916. Following this, Dobkevich served with the 1st Zaamurskii Zheleznodorozhnyi polk until his demobilization in 1918.

In April 1918, he was appointed deputy commander of the engineering section of the Russian forces of the extraterritorial zone of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and thereafter served in various capacities, including commander of an armored train, along the Chinese Eastern Railway until 1920. He emigrated to the United States in 1922, and died in California in January 1973.

Acquisition information:
Acquired.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-01 15:00:02.521477

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anton Antonovich Dobkevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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