title: The American Red Cross Activity in Eastern Siberia during the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)
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metadata.value: Shalamov, V. A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-06-07T12:02:22Z
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metadata.value: 2021-06-07T12:02:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Shalamov V. A. ‘The American Red Cross Activity in Eastern Siberia during the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021, pp. 56–71.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2021.104
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/29218
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In mid-1918, the Siberian Commission of the American Red Cross was formed, headed by an American
  missionary doctor who worked in Japan, Rudolf Teusler. After Admiral Kolchak came to power, the Siberian
  Commission concluded an agreement to expand the scope of its activities, supply volumes, and payments. The
  main focus was on the front, which made the Red Cross akin to a White Army supply service, which was contrary
  to the principles of this organization. Americans drew attention to Eastern Siberia only in the summer of 1919,
  when Kolchak’s army retreated, and the incidence of typhus was rapidly growing in the rear regions. Two hospitals
  operated by the staff of the American Red Cross were opened in Irkutsk and Verkhneudinsk; gifts were
  distributed periodically in the form of first-aid items. At the end of 1919, in connection with the approach of the
  front line to Eastern Siberia, the Americans left the region, transferring medical facilities and supplies of medicines
  to local authorities. In early 1920, the Siberian Commission was given the opportunity to establish contacts with
  the Bolshevik authorities, which controlled territories west of Lake Baikal. Members of the commission began to
  prepare for a new humanitarian mission that would allow for the settlement of Soviet-American relations, return
  to the original tasks of the Red Cross, and help thousands of needy Siberians and refugees. However, the headquarters
  of the American Red Cross refused to authorize this activity and by mid-1920 evacuated the remaining
  personnel and cargo.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 11; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: healthcare
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medicine
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Red Cross
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: evacuation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Civil War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Czechoslovak Corps
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medicines
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Whites
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The American Red Cross Activity in Eastern Siberia during the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)
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metadata.value: Article
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