Author: Awaloff, General Fürst [ Avalov, Pavel Mikhailovich, kniaz ] [ Bermondt-Avalov, Pavel Rafalovich (1877-1973)]
Title: Im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus : Erinnerungen von General Fürst Awaloff.,.
Description: Glückstadt, J. J. Augustin, 1925. orig. cloth. 28x20cm, xv,563,(77)pp, Weighs 2.2 kilos. Some stains and soil to binding. Erasure on flyleaf. Foxed. Some stains to top page-edge.. Frontispiece portrait.. A 4cm tear to front exterior hinge.Some plates foxed. Just Good. ¶ Includes 77pp photoplates + 2 folding maps. Full title reads: "Im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus : Erinnerungen von General Fürst Awaloff, Oberbefehlshaber der Deutsch- Russischen Westarmee im Baltikum". ["Bermon( d)t-Avalov (Avalishvili) was an Ussuri Cossack and warlord. He is best known as the commander of the West Russian Volunteer Army which was active in present-day Latvia and Lithuania in the aftermath of World War I....He was appointed to lead the German-established Western Russian army ... which was meant to go to fight the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War; however, believing that communists would be defeated without his help, Bermondt-Avalov decided to strike against the newly independent nations of Lithuania and Latvia instead. His 'Special Russians Corps' supposedly numbered about 50,000 men. He was one of the few anti-communist generals who openly promoted monarchist ideals..The Western Russian army managed to capture Zemgale, Courland (except Liepaja), Samogitia and entered Riga, but later were defeated by the Latvian and Lithuanian armies,with the help of the Estonian forces. This Baltic diversion of Bermondt- Avalov heavily contributed to his already existing reputation as an ' adventurer' .... Bermondt-Avalov emigrated to Western Europe, where he published a book of memoirs. He lived in Germany from 1921 and was involved in right wing and fascist movements. Strongly supportive of National Socialism, he established his own movement, the Russian National Social Movement..." - wikipedia].

Keywords: Russian Political History, Communist Russia, Bolshevik, Revolution, Military, Lithuania, Latvia, Baltic, Communism, Germany