Na Zakate Imperii (At The End of The Empire)
Madrid: Author’s publication, 1965. Original publisher's wrappers. Item #375
Book measures: 21 x 15.5 cm. 224 pages: portraits. Text in Russian. One of [500] copies printed. A gently age-worn copy with a little crease on the front wrapper and light foxing throughout.
An emigre rarity and one of the most valuable materials in Russian military history. According to Andre Savine, the book never reached the market.
In this book, the author describes his memories of life in Russia from a young age until the collapse of the Empire. In it, he gives a realistic assessment of events and apt characteristics of commanders known throughout Russia. The book describes the tragedy of the Russian officers captured by the revolutionary storm. “The first advantage of Dreyer’s book is that it is written in excellent Russian...” (from a review of the era).
Vladimir Nikolaevich Von Dreyer (1876-1967). - Major General of the General Staff of the Russian Imperial Army. He graduated from the 2nd Orenburg Corps, the Pavlovsk Military School, and the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. Member of the First World War. In 1917 - the chief of staff of the 7th Cavalry Division and the Consolidated Military Corps of General Wrangel. After the October Revolution, he lived in Moscow. In the spring of 1919, he arrived in Yekaterinodar and, from there, went into exile. In exile, he lived first in France, then in the USA, returned to Europe, died in Monte Carlo, and was buried in a Russian cemetery in France. He also wrote a book about the Civil War in South Russia titled “The Way of the Cross in the Name of the Motherland” (Berlin, 1921).
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