Isheev, Petr Petrovich, Kniaz, (1882-1974)

Oskolki Proshlogo: Vospominaniia 1889-1959 [Fragments of the Past: Memoirs 1889-1959]

New York: [1959]. Pictorial Publisher's Wrappers. Item #329

19 x 14 cm. 160 pages: portrait. Text in Russian. The book is in good condition with some wear to the wrappers; one corner is slightly chipped.

Childhood, the Naval Cadet Corps, Elizavetgradskoe Cavalry School and Smolenskii Cavalry Regiment. Regimental life, especially during the 1905-1906 revolution; types of officers, incidents. The beginning of the First World War in the ranks of the Russian First Army. On staff service in Warsaw. The espionage affair of Col. Sergei N. Miasoedov. Petrograd in 1917, especially artistic circles. Escape from the Bolsheviks to ODessa in 1918, and then to Yalta, where the author held a position in the military administration. The evacuation of the Crimea: Constantinople, Bulgaria, Paris, the United States. (Shmelev 484).

Price: $150.00