Vyatskie outskirts of the Civil War (Paperback)

The First World War had only just begun, and the central and western regions of Russia in the Vyatka region have already been sent to more than 7000 citizens of the Austro-Hungary, Germany and Turkey - civilians, suddenly declared prisoners of war. With the advent of these prisoners of war - tens of thousands of soldiers from the battlefields, while there was a confusion in terminology, but it soon became known as the peace liable for military service, as well as deportees. The author of this book, vyatskiy local historian Boris Semenovich Kiryakov, set out to recreate the picture of the life of his native land, as it was at the beginning of the last century. Living witnesses already, alas, no choice, therefore, the author relied in its work on the documents and memories that gathered itself in the early 70-ies of XX century about Urzhum, as well as in the early 2000s throughout the area while searching for doctors who treated prisoners of war during World war II (now these documents and memories are stored in the archives). Readers of this book offers extraordinary meetings and conversations, letters, documents, photographs - revived the archives page. And it is likely that here you will meet with your great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers. We know so little about them, and in general, we know so little! The truth is not too late to look for today. And Boris Kirjakov looking for. And he finds.