Vladimir Mikhailovich Perekrestenko

 V. M. Perekrestenko was born in Kiev on 7 July 1887. In 1915 he received his commission as an officer in the Russian army, with which he fought through the First World and Russian Civil Wars, finally evacuating to Yugoslavia. He left Yugoslavia following the Second World War. From 1954 to 1961, he lived in Belgium, where he was secretary of the Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Belgium (Soiuz russkikh pisatelei i zhurnalistov v Bel'gii). In 1961 he left for the United States, where he remained until his death in San Francisco.

Perekrestenko was a correspondent for numerous émigré newspapers, and his collection contains many of his writings, including the works "Lageria" and "Na pereput'i," which describe experiences in displaced persons camps. Of particular interest is the office file of the Soiuz russkikh pisatelei i zhurnalistov v Bel'gii, detailing its founding and activities up to 1961.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides for depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials and copyright to them (with some exceptions) are the property of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.

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