Khoshun-Bator Chudutov, about my ancestor Burinov Mutl Baranovich
Journal: Apollo (University of Cambridge)
Year: 2019

Khoshun-Bator talks about his ancestor Burinov Mutl Baranovich: Mutl Burinov was my father’s maternal uncle. Mutl was a strong and wise man. He was one of the strongest wrestlers in the Bolshederbetovsky ulus. During World War I he along with other men from the same nomadic encampment were drafted into the army. He served, as I understand, in the so-called Caucasian Native Horse Division. He was sent to disperse student demonstrations in Petrograd. He also fought at the front. With the beginning