SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
COUNTESS'S MARRIAGE
A romance of the Foreign Legion had, a happy ending Tecently, when Major Zinbvi Pechkoff, an American, and adopted son of Maxim Gorkyj the famous Russian author, married the Vieomtesse des Combcttes de .Caumon, formerly Mile. Delaunay-Belleville (states an exchange).
Major Pechkoff, who \js a tall, commanding figure with one horizon, blue sleeve pinned across the breast oi a tunic that glitters with decorations, entered the Foreign Legion in 1914 as a private. . ' ' ."";
At the battle, of Viiny he, lost his arm, and was , given the French Military: Medal for .gallantry:. Afterwards ho went to the United States with a French mission; but returned to Europe and took part in the White Russian campaigns under Kolchak, Denikin, and Wrangel between 1917 and 1919. ■
When the Russian'White Army was defeated Major Petehkoff rejoined the Foreign Legion, and. took part in the Biff campaign and in fighting in Syria, receiving the Legion, of Honour. -He also wears 12 other decorations "and war medals.
The wedding took placeat the fashionable .church at St. Honqre d'Eylau. Major Pechkoff is one of the very, few men who have risen from the ranks of the Foreign Legion to the command of a battalion. ,'..■.- '.-V, ~.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 73, 28 March 1933, Page 11
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