Први светски рат и руска емиграција на Балкану
The First World War And Russian Emigration In Balkans

Summary/Abstract: The First World War has tied Russia forever with Balkans. This region plays a significant role in the history of Russian Army, the undefeated army in exile, which found its shelter and won the recognition of its efforts only in Balkans. Here in Balkans you can see the unique significant war memorial that commemorates it. So many kinds of experienced militaries found themselves in emigration that there was no other way than to transform their knowledge, experience, memories and conclusions into series of outstanding studies in war history. And among them the works of Belgrade war immigrant circle are of great importance. The works of Y. N. Danilov, A. A. Kersnovsky, N. N. Golovin, Y. E. Messner, I. F. Patronov and many others have seen the light here in Belgrade. All Russian war emigrants one way or another asked themselves these fatal and timeless questions: Was the World War inevitable? Could Russia escape taking part in it? How did Russian army fight? What were the reasons for war failures and of triumphs? Has the war become the reason of the revolution or have the revolution processes predetermined a catastrophic outcome of the war? Russian emigrants in Balkans showed themselves extremely active in all aspects of military culture – in developing military organizations, military schools, military press and commemoration. Having gone through a tragic experience of the First World War, Russian war emigrants tended to learn the lesson and to develop the doctrine of the future Russian army.

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