(My living route to Vlasov and Prague Manifesto). Bohatirchuk's book of memories was first published in San Francisco in 1978, in Russian. The present book is not only a reprint of the 1978 edition - almost a half of the book contains documents from the so far unpublished Bohatirchuk's archive: manuscripts, articles, letters and photographs about his life in Tzarist Russia, the USSR, Poland, Germany and Canada, where he lived since 1948. For the first time, the authors' writings on the Vlasov movement, which are also historically valuable, appear here. The author of the second part well-known chess historian Sergei Voronkov. Fedor Bohatirchuk, 1892-1984, was one of the world's best players between wars. Reputable scientist, USSR champion in 1927, participant in all 3 Moscow tournaments 1925, 1935, 1936. Boris Spasski said about Bohatirchuk that if he plays chess professionally, he could be the first Soviet world champion. The book does not contain games. Bibliography, name index.
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