| Accession Number | EN0253 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Russia: Rostov, Novocherkassk |
| Date made | December 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
See EN0253K for position of those named in this caption. General Krasnoff, the locally elected ...
Description
See EN0253K for position of those named in this caption. General Krasnoff, the locally elected viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks (back to camera, in fur hat, with gun holster visible), speaks with the officers of the Allied Mission to Russia. Allied officers identified left to right: Russian Admiral Kononoff (bearded, mostly hidden); Commander Arthur George Hayes Bond; French Captain Cochin (with moustache); possibly Engineer Lieutenant Commander George William Bloomfield of Brisbane, Qld. In the right foreground is an unidentified French officer. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Cossacks, who were defending their country in the eastern corner of the Ukraine against the Bolsheviks. HMAS Swan of the Australian destroyer flotilla and the French destroyer Bisson conveyed the members of the Mission. See EN0254-EN0262, EN0301-EN0307.