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Russia, My Native Land
by Gregory P. Tschebotarioff

384pages

Published: 1964

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Languages: English

ISBN Hardcover: 64-21632 (LOC catalog number)

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: out of print

Russia, My Native Land

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Tschebotarioff describes his childhood in imperial Russia (he was born in Pavlovsk), his service as a Don Cossack in World War I, and his return to Russia in 1959. 

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English extracts from the journal of Valentina Ivanovna Chebotareva (the author's mother) who was a nurse at the Tsarskoye Selo lazaret with Alexandra, Olga, and Tatiana.

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