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Alexander Egger

Author · Researcher · Chronicler

Paintings by Dmitry Anatolievich Belyukin

About the Author

A Voice of the Diaspora

Orthodox heritage

"A people that does not know its past has no future."

— Mikhail Lomonosov

Alexander Egger is a writer and historical researcher whose work explores Russian historical memory, political theology, monarchy, Orthodoxy, and the world of the White emigration. Raised in the Orthodox Church and connected to ROCOR* communities around the world, he writes as a layman shaped by the faith, culture, and inherited memory of Russia Abroad.

His writing stands at the crossroads of history, theology, biography, and cultural reflection — from the Romanovs and the turbulent arc of Russian tsarism to the lives of saints, royal martyrs, soldiers, exiles, and émigré families. He writes especially for Western readers seeking to understand Russia beyond slogans and headlines, through the deeper currents of the Russian soul, its sacred imagination, its tragedies, and its enduring sense of destiny.

* ROCOR — Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: the ecclesiastical body established by Russian Orthodox bishops and clergy who went into exile after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Orthodox Faith

Raised in the Orthodox Church and connected to ROCOR communities around the world.

A Life Across Borders

Having lived in Asia, the Middle East, Russia, North America, and Europe, he brings a rare global perspective to Russian heritage.

Bridging Worlds

Writing for Western audiences, he illuminates the spiritual and cultural life of the Russian diaspora with depth and compassion.

Bibliography

Works

Gallipolians
GALLIPOLIANS
Coming Soon2026–2027

Gallipolians

Faith, Exile, and the Birth of the White Émigré World

Gallipolians is a sweeping and deeply personal work tracing the White Russian exodus through the defining crucible of Gallipoli — revealing how loss, faith, military honour, and exile gave birth to Russia Abroad. Through archival research, memoirs, and rare historical testimony, it shows how Gallipoli became not merely a place of refuge, but the point of transmission from which the spiritual, cultural, and historical inheritance of old Russia was preserved across continents and generations.

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Upcoming Works

Title Forthcoming

Gallipolians — Volume II

The Next Chapter

The second volume in the Gallipolians series draws on the memoirs, personal accounts, and testimonies gathered during the research for the first volume, with a sustained focus on émigré sociology and the lives of descendants across the diaspora.

Forthcoming
Tsar Nicholas II

Holy Rus

Dimitri Alexandrovich Shmarin

Tsar Nicholas II

Unveiling the Holy Tsar

A portrait of the last Emperor of Russia — his faith, his reign, and the spiritual significance of his martyrdom for the Orthodox world.

Forthcoming
Understanding the Russian Psyche

Iviron Icon of the Mother of God

Dmitry Anatolievich Belyukin

Understanding the Russian Psyche

An exploration of the Russian soul: its Orthodox roots, its historical formation, and what sets it apart from the modern Western mind.

Forthcoming
Democracy, Autocracy, Monarchy

First Minister of Railways, Lieutenant General P. P. Melnikov

Dmitry Anatolievich Belyukin

Democracy, Autocracy, Monarchy

A Political Theology

A theological examination of political forms — why Orthodoxy has always held a distinctive view of authority, and what the monarchical principle means for a Christian civilisation.

Forthcoming

The World He Writes About

Orthodoxy  ·  Russia  ·  Monarchy

Imperial Russia

Imperial Russia

Family & Tradition

Family & Tradition

Winter & Memory

Winter & Memory

The Ancient Land

The Ancient Land

Sacred Objects

Sacred Objects

Court & Crown

Court & Crown

The Russian Soul

The Russian Soul

"What Russian does not love to drive fast? Which of us does not at times yearn to give his horses their head, and to let them go, and to cry, 'To the devil with the world!'?"

— Nikolai Gogol

Paintings by Dmitry Anatolievich Belyukin

Correspondence

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Whether you have a question about a publication, wish to share a family history, or simply wish to reach out — Alexander welcomes correspondence from readers, researchers, and all those with a connection to the Russian historical world.

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Topics of Interest

Gallipoli 1920–1921White Army DescendantsROCOR HistoryRussian Émigré GenealogyImperial MartyrsOrthodox MonarchyThe Last TsarRussian Diaspora CommunitiesBelyukin PaintingsNevsky Publications