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“THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE WAR IS NOT BE SEEN UPON A BATTLEFIELD”: REFUGEES OF WORLD WAR I IN RUSSIA
Year	2014	Number	1(42)
Pages	89-99	Type	scientific article
UDC	94(470.5)”1914/19”	BBK	63.3(235.55)534-68
Authors	Mikhalev Nikolay A.	Topic	DOCUMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I
Summary	The publication deals with the history of the Russian refuges of World War I period. The author demonstrated that the comprehensive study of the period required in addition to the analysis of clerical records and periodic publications’ materials, as was the common practice of the majority of the Russian researchers until today, also the study of personal documents (ego-documents) created by the refugees themselves or the immediate witnesses of mass migrations of the war years. By way of example of this type of “personal texts” the publication cited an extract from the hitherto unpublished notes of an English nurse Violet Turstan, who during the winter of 1915/1916 participated in the organization of ambulance and medical care services for the Russian refugees.
Keywords	The First World War, refugees, V. Thurstan, ego-documents
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