2026/1(44)
Contents
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Stylistic features of the Stroganov' glassblowing plastics of the 1960s - 1980s
History of the horse-breeding portrait as a utilitarian genre in the traditions of Russian art of the late
XVIII - XIX centuries
“Expedition in Time and Space”
on Lake Onega
Military education of servicemen of the Russian army in the second half of the 19th century – early
20th century: historical experience, lessons
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
I.A. Ilyin on Pushkin's heritage
and the antitheses of its interpretation
Yalta branch of the Crimean State Philharmonic in the cultural
and historical retrospective
of development
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Tourism as a factor in preserving
the unique cultural heritage of
the Kenozersky National Park
Reconstruction vs «Disneyification» of cultural heritage
Patterns of non-governmental digital heritage preservation in Russia
Current problems of the actuel system of protected zones for cultural heritage sites in Russia
Experience of preserving authentic winemaking as part of the cultural heritage of the region (based on
the material of the Spanish movement of «terroirists»)
MUSEOLOGY
Memorial landscape on the coast
of the Sea of Azov: the first steps to organize a museum complex in the
homeland of Fedor Konyukhov
Prerequisites for the emergence
and features of the functioning
of museums of Russian writers
in the CIS member states
Role of volunteers in preserving landscape art, using the example
of estate complexes in central Russia
REVIEWS
»Archaeology of the Russian Arctic»: book review
Publ. 10/02/2026
Archives
DOI 10.34685/HI.2023.53.58.014
Semenov K.
‘Through you, Christian Russia and Christian Spain are being united’:
The Letters of Russian Volunteers of Francisco Franco's Army
Abstract. Around 150 Russian White émigré volunteers fought alongside the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Their epistolary legacy convincingly demonstrates that, with the time passing by, in the mind of these White Russian volunteers the October Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War somewhat merged with the Spanish events of 1936-1939.
Judging from their Russian experience, White émigrés easily interpreted the Spanish reality during the period of the Civil War, drew parallels between the past and the present, and used terminology from the Russian Civil War to brand the opposing sides, i.e. ‘the Reds’ and ‘the Whites’.
The conducted analysis of the given sources allows to conclude that the major part of the respondents identified the events in Russia and Spain, and also to speak of their special attitude towards the service in the Franco’s Army, which they perceived as a continuation of the White struggle of 1917–1922.
Key words: Spanish Civil War, Russians volunteers, letters, epistolary legacy.
Semenov Konstantin Konstantinovich
St. Philaret Institute (Moscow)
Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2023/2(33)
Url: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/585.html
Founder
Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
Publisher
Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
Certificate
of the Mass information mediaregistration:
ЭЛ № ФС 77–60211,
date: 17.12.2014
Frequency
4 issues per year
Published on-line only
PARTNERS
