Marina Denikina, daughter of the Russian Army General Anton Ivanovich Denikin
Photo: Yury Feklistov
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General Denikin Back to Russia
A plane from New York carrying remains of the Russian White Army General Anton Denikin landed in Paris yesterday. The dirge for Anton Denikin and his wife Ksenia, who is buried in France, will be held in Paris today. The remains of the couple will be taken to Russia and buried by the consent of the commander’s daughter. “Dad and Mum will finally be together,” she said.
Anton Denikin was a leader of the White Army that was fighting the Red Army after the 1917 revolution. The general died in 1947 and was buried at the Russian cemetery in the United States.
The thought of burying the ashes of Denikin in Russia emerged in 2000 during the shooting of a documentary on the Civil War. Marina Denikina, the daughter of the commander, was asked if she would like her father to be buried in Russia. Denikina said she would if president Putin personally asked her. Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov supported the idea and sent a letter to the president. Vladimir Putin met Marina Denikina in the United States in 2003 and asked her about the reburial, which she agreed to. The presidential envoy in the Central Federal District Georgy Poltavchenko was charged with the mission.
Anton Denikin and his wife will be buried in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow on October 3. “I am so happy that my parents will be united, at least after their death,” 86-year-old daughter of the general says.
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All the Article in Russian as of Sep. 30, 2005
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