Yugoslavia, Kingdom. A Lot of Photos and Documents to Vladimir S. Feodorovski, Don Cadet Corps

An extensive mixed lot of paper items from the estate of Vladimir S. Feodorovski, a Russian national resident in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and who was a member of the Донской Императора Александра III кадетский корпус (Don Emperor Alexander III Cadet Corps), including:

1. A student identification card for the University of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at Belgrade, constructed of a card stock binding, the interior opening to reveal a certified studio photo of Feodorovski, with handwritten entries indicating that he was born on 6 September 1915 in the Russian empire and was registered as a student as of 1940, measuring 70 mm (w) x 105 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A Soviet-issue bankbook named to Feodorovski, constructed of a card stock binding with paginated interior pages featuring several lines of handwritten account information, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), possibly indicating the bearer’s postwar repatriation to the Soviet Union, in extremely fine condition.

3. An extensive collection of 49 period photographs, with examples presented in sizes varying from standard postcard (9 cm x 13 cm) to wallet size (5 cm x 3 cm), depicting Feodorovski and others in uniform in Yugoslavia, with depiction of personnel drilling and at leisure in barracks, supplemented by several images of Orthodox churches and one depicting Bosniak or Albanian Muslims at prayers, some featuring brief handwritten reverse captions, a fascinating look at a Russian émigré military cadet unit in exile in extremely fine condition.

Footnote: The Don Emperor Alexander III Cadet Corps, originally founded in 1883 in Novocherkassk as a premier military school for the sons of the Don Cossack Host, became an important émigré institution after the Russian Civil War. Designed to prepare Cossack youth for service as officers in the Imperial Russian Army, it combined academic instruction with the cavalry-focused military training characteristic of Cossack culture. After the Bolsheviks dissolved the corps in the wake of the Russian Revolution, many of its cadets, officers, and instructors fled south with the retreating White forces and eventually found refuge in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). In exile, the corps was re-established and operated from 1920 to 1944, supported by the Yugoslav government and embraced by the broader Russian émigré community. It continued its mission almost uninterrupted, maintaining its traditions, uniforms, curriculum, and strict discipline while functioning as both a school and a cultural sanctuary for displaced Cossack youth. The corps served to educate a new generation of émigré cadets and preserve Cossack identity in the diaspora.