Danke für diesen Bericht! Ich empfehle einen sehr spannenden Bericht (Buch) als Ergänzung:
Paul Nazarov war Geologe in Taschkent. Seine Hinrichtung durch die Bolschewiki verhinderte ein kurzer Vorstoss der Weißen Armee, danach gelang ihm mit Hilfe seiner usbekischen Freunde die Flucht. Ein usbekischer Freund rettete sein Leben, indem er ihn einmauerte. Danach floh er zum Balchasch-See und weiter nach Naryn. Nach einer ersten Abschiebung aus China halfen ihm kirgisische Freunde ein zweites Mal, nach Kaschgar zu fliehen. Erst als auch dort der sowjetische Einfluss stärker wurde, floh er weiter nach Indien und nach England. Wegen angenommener Gefährdung wanderte er letztendlich nach Südafrika aus.
Paul Nazaroff, 1932: Hunted through Central Asia: On the Run from Lenin’s Secret Police
• Paperback: 352 pages , Publisher: OUP Oxford; 2Rev Ed edition (8 Aug. 2002)
• Language: English • ISBN-10: 0192803689 • ISBN-13: 978-0192803689
Paul Nazaroff (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Hunted-through-Central-Asia-Lenins/dp/0192803689
Hunted through Central Asia: On the run from Lenins Secret Police. OUP Oxford; 2Rev Ed edition (8 Aug. 2002).
‚My position was uncomfortable. Here was I, in an absolutely exposed place, with Red Guards and commissars on every side. I had very little money left and no means of transport at all.‘ Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia in 1918. He was betrayed to the Secret Police, who declared him ‚the most dangerous counter-revolutionary at large in the Tashkent region‘. Thus began his extraordinary catalogue of adventures, ‚a long and distant odyssey which would take me right across Central Asia …over the Himalayas to the plains of Hindustan‘. As he fled from Lenin’s men, he was aided by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Kirghiz and the Sarts, whose language and culture had been steeped in since boyhood. For months he was forced to live the life of a hunted animal. Peter Hopkirk has contributed a fascinating introduction to this tale of hair-breadth scapes and survival against all odds, as well as an epilogue which reveals Nazaroff’s later fortunes.
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In 1932 a new book hit the bookshops in Britain telling a remarkable story of one man’s escape from the clutches of the Cheka, (Lenin’s secret police) as they hunted him throughout Central Asia for two years. It was a great success and led to a sequel – telling of his escape from Kashgar to British India.
Paul Nazaroff was born into a rich family in Orenburg in the Urals. His father owned some mines and was the mayor of the town. He studied Zoology in Moscow and later qualified as a mining engineer. He travelled extensively, eventually ending up in Tashkent where his father owned a cotton mill. Here he practiced his profession and opened several important mines.
A man of many talents, he explored the region around Tashkent – making contributions to various branches of science – especially geology and horticulture. He was a keen hunter and a firearms expert, (he was sometimes called upon to act as an expert witness on matters relating to firearms).
Then came the Bolshevik Revolution. Much of the Russia, which he knew and valued changed dramatically. An ardent anti-Bolshevik, he was involved in organizing an abortive uprising in Tashkent in 1918. The role that he played is hinted in official British papers from the time … but in his book he plays down his role – concentrating on his experiences “on the run”.
Escaping from Tashkent, he finds refuge with a wide range of people. From the foothills to the East of Tashkent, he travels to Pishpek, (modern day Bishkek), and then, sometimes only hours ahead of the pursuing Cheka, over the mountains to Naryn, and eventually to Torugart and Kashgar.
The book is full of interesting insights into the daily life of the indigenous peoples, the landscape (over which he casts a professional eye as a geologist and mining engineer), the wildlife (fauna and flora), and interesting descriptions of many places around Bishkek (such as Issyk Ata, Kegeti, Shamsy …) and on the route to Naryn and Torugart (Kochkor, Kara Ungar, On Archa, At Bashi, Tash Rabat …).
Like the modern traveler, he experiences difficulties crossing Torugart into China … but eventually he makes it and spends four years as an exile in Kashgar, using his skills and experience to rise from being a penniless refugee to being a successful professional.
The Cheka, still on his heels, become a threat once more as the Chinese government decide to recognize the new Soviet government and so, once more, he “hit the road” – heading for British India – and eventually to London. Then, once again fearful of the relentless Cheka, he moved on – this time to Africa, where he eventually died, in Johannesburg.
Paul Nazaroff’s account of his escape across Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan was re-issued in 1993 by The Oxford University Press, and re-issued in 2002. For visitors to Kyrgyzstan it provides an interesting insight into the country at a pivotal point in history and conjures up many fascinating pictures in the mind.