Rothenberg, Ben / Hevesi, J. I. [INTRO.]MareMagnum
Oeuvre de secours de l'Union des Villes de la Russie aux enfants russes émigrés
P003765Prague: Alois Lapacek 1922. Large octavo 24.5 à 16.5. Original staple-stitched photographic wrappers; 1-22 1 pp. With nineteen black-and-white photographs in the text. Wrappers lightly soiled; still a very good copy. Rare publication by the émigré instantiation of Zemgor or United Committee of the Union of Zemstvos and the Union of Towns an organization founded in 1915 to assist the Russian efforts during WWI through private means. It is sometimes asserted that the primary goal of the Zemgor was to prepare the October Revolution and numerous of its functionaries served in the Provisional Government. After the Bolsheviks disbanded the organization in 1919 however many functionaries emigrated and reestablished the institution in Paris in 1920-21. Its primary aim was now to distribute aid to Russian refugees throughout Europe. Chapters were established both in Paris and Prague both funded by the respective local governments and during the years of the Civil War it succeeded in evacuating Russians from Constantinople to Yugoslavia and other European countries. The present report focuses on the Zemgor's special interest in the children of the Russian emigration and documents the various educational institutions created in Constantinople Bulgaria Serbia and Czechoslovakia through the joint efforts of the Zemgor and the governments in question. The photographs depict children and young adults of all ages engaged in various activities from a gymnastics lesson in Bulgaria to a lecture auditorium in Trebova. Also included is a list of all Russian schools and lyceums and the number of students enrolled. KVK OCLC show only five copies at Harvard Leiden University University College London Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and Nanterre BDIC. unknown books
Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC · États-Unis175,00 $US≈ 148,07 €
