Loukomsky General (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First UK Edition [T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1922]; 256 pages; purple cloth, gold titling to spine, publisher's mark embossed to front board, boards rubbed with a little surface damage, front board a shade lighter than rear & spine, a very good copy. Translated by Mrs Vitali. Loukomsky [sometimes Lukomsky] was a senior officer in the Imperial Russian Army and original Chief of Staff of the Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War. These memoirs detail Loukomsky's involvement in WWI, through the Russian Revolution & up to the period of General Wrangel's Command in 1920. Written as it was so near to the events that it describes, this rare first-hand account of one of History's most turbulent periods from the perspective of the White Army is an invaluable resource.