“And on the Crimean coast they finished their exodus”: the fate of fellow officers at the end of the “Great” Civil War

Importance. The life trajectories of the Russian Imperial Army officers group who stayed in the Crimea at the final stage of the “Great” Civil War are considered. The importance of the research lies in the fact that the sample is based on fates of the officers who served in various units in the Tambov governorate on the eve of the World War I and were subsequently plunged into the abyss of the national strife.

Materials and Methods. The research is based on the materials of archival sources, Memory Books and electronic databases. The work is based on the prosopographical research method, which allowed to establish the life trajectories of the studied characters.

Results and Discussion. It is found that of all the participants of the sample, only the revolution opponents were in Crimea. It is interesting that they were in each of the consideredunits. It is not found any mention of fellow soldiers who enlisted in the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and fought on the peninsula.

Conclusions. The denouement of the “Crimean Epopoeia” for most of them also looks typical in many respects. Someone was able to leave the peninsula, and for some it became “final residence”. In some cases it is also possible to trace the emigrant path of mentioned characters, which, has a very serious significance.

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