STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 203, sig. 109-2/104 (damaged)

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4. "Russian Association of War Victims in the Chechoslo-wakei". l5o members. Under the protection of the Association are 20 invalids, 7 widows, 60 children. Chairman - Gen. v. Schilling,(I am chairman of the Federation since l937, before that I had been Steli representative of the Chairman since l929). The aim of the organization is to support victims of war. The regulation provided material support to those persons who had no work, with the maximum amount of 400 crowns per month granted to family fathers who were 80 % capable of work. I do not know how the matter will be settled now, but I assume that the support will continue to be paid out, since it is not likely that the empire would have anything to object to. Except for the invalids xnrnrxaiten ruxxierkEnxaktxnxkentEnxxMixxkeinEnXYerRienkt Wurde grants support to all Russian old people who have no merit. The total amount granted by the Ministry of the Interior to the Czech Red Cross (which pays out these funds) for the support of Russian enigrants, bears 1 800.0o0.- crowns. I do not know if this sum will remain entirely intact, but if the payment of support would cease, many Russians would have to starve. In the past, enormous sums had been spent on the Russian cause, and I would like to say completely in vain, for the "Semgor" (Society of Landscapes and Cities) alone, an institution of social revolutionaries, devoured several hundred million, without using anyone as the social revolutionists themselves. In general, all the leftist and all the enemies of the Russian monarchy felt very comfortable in the Czechoslovak Republic and were also very well placed in material terms. The address of our association is:Prague XIII, Mecislavova ul. c. l8. The statutes have been confirmed by the government. The name of the Association in Czech is: "Rusky Spolek Valecnych invalidu v C.S.R." 5) "Doncosa Group".4o members. Colonel Kowalev is at the head. The direction is national. The statutes have not been officially registered. 6) "doncosa Association in Prague". The number of members - about 60 per son. The Ataman is Cossack captain Popkoff. The Association is known only to the Count Tomb. The direction is national. The statutes have been confirmed by the government. Address: Prague, Dolni Krc. Navrsni ul. c. 285.7) "General Association of Cossacks in Czechoslovakia", c. 90 - lo5 members. The Ataman is Cossaken Faehnrich Bardinja , a supporter of the Atamen General Popoff. In the association Don-, Kuban- and Terekkosaken are represented. According to its composition the association is left oriented. The statute has been confirmed by the government. Address : Prague II, Vajtcska ul. c. 5