Memoires of General M. Janin – an outstanding source about Russian Civil War and Revolution

The article is a review of the memoirs of the head of the French military mission in Russia (1916-1917) and in Siberia (1918-1920) General Maurice Janin. The memoirs were published by PhD R.G. Gagkuev. The publication of this source is an important step in the reconstruction of the events of the Great War, the specifics of the Entente’s coalition interaction and the Revolution in Russia, especially since the publication of sources of foreign origin is rather a rarity in Russia. The presented source is capable of not only enriching knowledge about the events described, but also contributing to the understanding of the scale of foreign presence in Russia in 1914-1920, and contributing to the understanding of the problem of intercultural interaction.