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Updated: June 22, 2025

The old Directorate, with Avkzentieff, Bolderoff & Co. standing sponsors for the Russian Convention, were supposed to control Russian affairs at this time. Directly the commandant refused to agree to the Japanese demands they transferred their claims to the old Directorate. The Directorate sent Evanoff Renoff to "Vlady" to conduct the negotiations, and I suppose to collect the money.

John Ward - With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia

The glorious time they are having reaches its climax when you hear the polite condolences to the victims uttered in exquisite French. But Colonel Robertson had gone to "Vlady," and his place had been taken by a typical Britisher in the person of Consul Hodgson, who took a correct measure of the situation, and in less than forty-eight hours herded the whole caboose back into their own compounds.

John Ward - With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia