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Title: Gerua collection
Date (inclusive): 1906-1920
Collection Number: 25003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
11 manuscript boxes
(4.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, communiques, and printed matter, relating to White Russian military activities in northern Russia
during the Russian Revolution, and to White Russian liaison with the British War Office. Consists mainly of records of the
White Russian special military mission to Great Britain from 1919 to 1920. Includes some papers of Boris V. Gerua, head of
the mission.
Creator:
Gerua, Boris Vladimirovich, 1876-1942
Creator:
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Spet͡sial'nai͡a Voennai͡a Missii͡a (Great Britain)
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 1971.
[Identification of item], Gerua Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Spetsial'naia Voennaia Missiia Shtaba Verhkovnago Glavnokomanduiushchago v Londone (Special Military Mission of the Staff
of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in London) was established in 1919 by Gen. Nikolai IUdenich under the direction Major-Gen.
Boris Gerua (Heroys). The purpose of the mission was to obtain from the British government financial support,supplies, transportation
and equipment for Russian troops joining the Army of the North-West. The mission was dissolved in 1920.
| 1876 | Born, St. Petersburg |
| 1904 | Graduates Pazheskii Korpus and Nikolaevskaia Akademiia General'nago Shtaba |
| 1904-1905 | Participates in the Russo-Japanese War |
| 1912 | Appointed professor of tactics at the Nikolaevskaia Akademiia General'nago Shtaba |
| 1914 | Fights on the Galician Front |
| 1915 | Appointed commander of the Leib-gvardii Izmailovskii Polk |
| 1917 May | Appointed Chief of Staff of the 11th Army |
| 1917 August | Arrested on orders of Kerensky for participation in the Kornilov affair |
| 1918 | Escapes to Finland and is sent to Great Britain by Gen. Nikolai IUdenich as head of the Spetsial'naia Voennaia Missiia Shtaba Verhkovnago Glavnokomanduiushchago v Londone |
| 1920 | After the liquidation of the mission, continues to reside in Great Britain. Takes part in emigré organizations, publishes memoirs and other works, continues his artistic activities and interests |
| 1942 | Dies, Coulton-St. Mary, Devon, England |
The collection includes an extensive correspondence between various White Russian offices and officials, especially related
to military operations on the North-Western and Petrograd fronts. Copies of this correspondence sent to the mission are to
be found in the OFFICE FILE series. It also includes numerous reports on the political situation in Europe especially as related
to the White Russsian cause, found in the OFFICE and PRESS FILE series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Officers
Russians -- Great Britain
Russia. Armii͡a
Yudenich, Nikolay Nikolayevich, 1862-1933
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Armii͡a