About the Author
A Voice of the Diaspora

"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.
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
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.
Visit Book SiteUpcoming Works
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.

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.

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.

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.
The World He Writes About
Orthodoxy · Russia · Monarchy

Imperial Russia

Family & Tradition

Winter & Memory

The Ancient Land

Sacred Objects

Court & Crown

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 GogolPaintings by Dmitry Anatolievich Belyukin
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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.
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, or a sincere interest in, the Russian historical world.
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