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    Posted 12 months ago

    ho2cultcha
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    I don't regularly read the 'Siberian Times', but i just found this article on the lost archives of Alexander Kolchak which were found in Paris when his son passed away in 2019. I originally posted about this Dictionaire, Encyclopedique et Biographique de L'Industrie et Des Arts Industriels - Ex libris A. Koltchak when i found it in a 2nd hand store in NH nine years ago. I think this may be part of that lost archive. It's very difficult to find info about Koltchak when he was young, but he was very educated and spoke and wrote French and English perfectly.

    "Admiral Kolchak’s archive has returned to Russia 100 years after his execution
    12 February 2020
    A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks."

    Regardless, it's a fascinating read here: https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/admiral-kolchaks-archive-has-returned-to-russia-100-years-after-his-execution/?comm_order=best

    I wonder how i might find out more about it and possibly even confirm that this set was part of his archive.

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 months ago
      Interestingly, Kolchak spent 1900 almost entirely on a crazy polar expedition, where he became known as Polar Kolchak. very interesting history about him here: https://youtu.be/9PcAjjaN77A?si=9FECIlv7YtP0HLIb
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 12 months ago
      Quite the storied life..from researcher to Supreme leader to death by firing squad.
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 months ago
      and polar explorer when it was extremely dangerous.
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 12 months ago
      It's claimed he suffered from rheumatism due to the adventure..
    5. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 months ago
      yes, he had quite a few health issues later in his short life.
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 months ago
      i just added a photo of the entire set of volumes. it's really interesting to flip through them. thousands and thousands of illustration of everything to do w/ science and art from the 1890 Paris Exposition.
    7. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 12 months ago
      very interesting this history
    8. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 months ago
      yes, it is kiva. The story of the amazing leader of the group which fought the bolsheviks despite being outnumbered 30 to 1!

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