F. M. Bailey (1882–1967)
Auteur van Mission to Tashkent
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- Bailey, Frederick Marshman
- Geboortedatum
- 1882-02-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1967-04-17
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- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Lahore, India
- Plaats van overlijden
- Norfolk, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Stiffkey, Norfolk, England, UK
Lahore, Pakistan
Gyantse, Tibet
France
Gallipoli, Turkey
Shushtar, Persia (toon alle 11)
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Kashgar, Turkestan, China
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Chumbi, Tibet
Gangtok, Sikkim, India - Opleiding
- Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Wellington College
Edinburgh Academy - Beroepen
- soldier
trade agent (British)
explorer
naturalist
political officer - Organisaties
- Indian Army (lieutenant-colonel)
Indian Political Department, British Civil Service
17th Bengal Lancers
33rd Sikh Pioneers
Cheka - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Royal Geographical Society (Gold medal)
Companion of the Indian Empire
MacGregor Medal (1914)
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Well that really happened to this British diplomat who spent a significant amount of time dodging the Bolsheviks in Teshkent who probably would have killed him if they caught him. It's great being reminded about the horrors of communism every once and again as it's easy to forget how terrible it must be to live under such social agony. For instance, he mentioned a couple who were arrested. He was sentenced to three years in prison for saying something negative about the state. The wife was sentenced to a year in jail for failing to denounce him when he said it. How would you like to live in a society like that?
This takes place from 1918 to 1921ish.… (meer)