Russian Art
Oct 27, 2020
France
 Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco

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LOT 294:

DENIKIN A.I. (1872-1947)


Start price:
1,800
Estimated price:
1800€-2000€
Auction house commission: 27%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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DENIKIN A.I. (1872-1947)
Two documents addressed to A.I. Denikin:
1)M. Roschakovsky’s handwritten letter addressed to General A.I. Denikin. Norway,
03/10/1920. 5p.; 25.5x20 cm. Foldingcreases.
2)Brochure: Roshchakovsky, M. Letter. Helsingfors, 1920. 16p.; 22x14 cm. Without title
page. Foxing. Dedication by Roshchakovsky on p.1: «To General Denikin / from the author
/ March 1920».
In his message, M. Roshchakovsky tries to convince Denikin to stop the civil strife, disband
the troops and hand over the command to the Soviet government. In the pamphlet attached
to the letter, the author promotes the same ideas, turning to all the people of Russia.Mikhail
Sergeevich Roshchakovsky (1876-1938) - Russian naval officer, captain of the First Rank,
hero of the Russian-Japanese war. He descended from the ancient gentry-noble family of
Roshchakovskys, belonged to the inner circle of Nicholas II and enjoyed the special confidence
of the royal family. He emigrated to Norway in 1918, but after 1925 he returned to
Russia, served as head of the foreign department under the board of Nizhny Novgorod State
District Power Station. In 1937 he was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment. In 1938 he died
in the Karaganda camp.