EN0257 Accession Number: EN0257

Description

See EN0257K for position of those named in this caption. The wife of General Krasnoff, the viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks, in company with members of the Allied Mission to Russia and several Cossacks. Allied officers identified left to right: Commander Arthur George Hayes Bond; Russian Admiral Kononoff (mostly hidden); French Captain Cochin (back to camera); Engineer Lieutenant Commander George William Bloomfield. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Don Cossacks, who were defending their country in the eastern corner of the Ukraine against the Bolsheviks.

Details

Accession Number
EN0257
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
December 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Engineer Lieutenant Commander Bloomfield
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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