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Lieutenant General Afrikan Petrovich Bogaevsky

Poster
ca. 1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The poster represents the Military Chief of the White Army as a heroic and noble figure. Such ennobled images of White Army military leaders were designed to propagate the anti-bolshevik message of the White movement and engender support. General-Lieutenant Afrikan Bogaevsky was the Ataman (Chief) of Cossaks - a military formation which existed in Russia from about 1400. (The Cossaks, in particular, were usually the initiators of pogroms). Bogaevsky belonged to the group of Cossaks which fought on the side of the White Army - the Cossaks were divided - the other part fought on the Bolshevik side. After the White Army's defeat by the Bolsheviks, Bogaevsky emigrated to France, where he died in 1934.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLieutenant General Afrikan Petrovich Bogaevsky (generic title)
Materials and techniques
lithograph
Brief description
White Russian Civil War poster publicising portrait of Lieutenant General African Petrovich Bogaevsky, Ataman of the Don Army.
Physical description
A portrait of the General-Lieutenant of the Donskoy (or Don) Army, Afrikan Petrovich Bogayevsky. He appears in a military uniform with military epaulettes, orders and medals. He is depicted as though on a medallion-portrait decorated with an ornate frame consisting of tied laurel leaf, sceptre, thorns and the Order of St George.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.4cm
  • Width: 43.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Cyrillic type): Translation from Russian (Top margin): The Military Chief of the Great Donskoy Army Translation from Russian (Lower margin): The General-Lieutenant African Petrovich Bogaevsky Monogrammed (on the right, beneath the medallion): V. Gudahovich ? (Cyrillic type)
Translation
translated from the Russian
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
The poster represents the Military Chief of the White Army as a heroic and noble figure. Such ennobled images of White Army military leaders were designed to propagate the anti-bolshevik message of the White movement and engender support. General-Lieutenant Afrikan Bogaevsky was the Ataman (Chief) of Cossaks - a military formation which existed in Russia from about 1400. (The Cossaks, in particular, were usually the initiators of pogroms). Bogaevsky belonged to the group of Cossaks which fought on the side of the White Army - the Cossaks were divided - the other part fought on the Bolshevik side. After the White Army's defeat by the Bolsheviks, Bogaevsky emigrated to France, where he died in 1934.
Other number
LS.1796 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.1857-2004

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Record createdAugust 26, 2004
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