About the book: 1941 / Memoirs of a participant in the Russian expeditionary force in France in the First World War. This story led to the death of many Russian soldiers of the expeditionary force. They died in the Indian Ocean on the way to France, they died on the French front, in the La Curtin camp, in African exile, on the islands of the Mediterranean Sea. The remnants of the Russian troops stationed in Africa arrived in Russia gradually. Some came to Odessa when Soviet power was already there. It should be taken into account where and when the memoirs were published, which left a certain imprint on the interpretation of some events.