Mikhail V. Alekseev papers, 1905-1956

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Summary

Creators:
Alekseev, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1857-1918
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, reports, military orders, and photographs, relating to Russian military activities during the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Russian Civil War, and especially to the organization of the Dobrovol'cheskaia Armiia. Includes some posthumous biographical material
Extent:
1 manuscript box, 1 envelope (0.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mikhail V. Alekseev Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1857
Born
1876
Graduated from the Moscow Military Cadet School
1877-78
Fought in the Turkish War
1904
Promoted to General
1904-05
Director of Operations of the II Army during the Russo-Japanese War
1912
Commander of the XII Army Corps
1914
Chief of Staff of the Southwestern Front in Galicia
1915
Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern Front
1915-17
Chief of Staff for the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Nicholas II
1917
Military adviser to the Russian Provisional Government Organized the Volunteer Army
1918
Participated in the First Kuban Campaign (Icy March) Died, Ekaterinodar
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mikhail V. Alekseev 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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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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