Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich
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Not to be confused with Alexander Spiridovich
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Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich (1858—1926) was a Russia
n Count who moved to the United States
following the Bolshevik Revolution. He was a Tsarist general
and white Russian
loyalist. He was involved in Pan-Slavism
and White Russian activism, including various chivalric orders and cultural organisations, amongst the diaspora community in America. Spiridovich is perhaps best known for authoring a book positing various conspiracy theories entitled "Secret World Government or The Hidden Hand".
and an opponent of Bolshevism.
According to Walter Laqueur
:
(Lord Alfred Douglas dixit)30
Walter Laqueur, Russia and Germany (1965), p. 120.
Alexander Spiridovich
Alexander Spiridovich was a Russian police general and historian. He should not be confused with Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich.Spiridovitch was born in Arkhangelsk....
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Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich (1858—1926) was a Russia
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
n Count who moved to the United States
United States
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following the Bolshevik Revolution. He was a Tsarist general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and white Russian
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
loyalist. He was involved in Pan-Slavism
Pan-Slavism
Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid-19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic peoples. The main focus was in the Balkans where the South Slavs had been ruled for centuries by other empires, Byzantine Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Venice...
and White Russian activism, including various chivalric orders and cultural organisations, amongst the diaspora community in America. Spiridovich is perhaps best known for authoring a book positing various conspiracy theories entitled "Secret World Government or The Hidden Hand".
Biography
Spiridovitch was President of the Slavonic Society of Russia and of the Latino-Slavic League of Paris and Rome. Politically he was a supporter of the Tsar Nicholas II of RussiaNicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
and an opponent of Bolshevism.
According to Walter Laqueur
Walter Laqueur
Walter Zeev Laqueur is an American historian and political commentator. He was born in Breslau, Germany , to a Jewish family. In 1938, Laqueur left Germany for the British Mandate of Palestine. His parents, who were unable to leave, became victims of the Holocaust...
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(Lord Alfred Douglas dixit)30
Walter Laqueur, Russia and Germany (1965), p. 120.
Works
- A Europe without Turkey—the security of France requires (1913)
- Towards Disaster: Dangers and Remedies (1914)
- How to Save England (1920)
- Secret World Government or The Hidden Hand (1926) - a transcript may be found here http://www.resist.com/SecretGovernment-Spiridovich.pdf