Daughter of "White Russian" general dies in Paris

PARIS, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Marina Denikin-Grey, the daughter of "White Russian" General Anton Denikin, has died in Paris at the age of 86, a source said Thursday.

Denikin-Grey received Russian citizenship in June this year. Presenting her a Russian passport at a ceremony in Paris, Ambassador Alexander Avdeyev described the event as "profoundly symbolic," as "Russia is restoring, step by step, the historical links ruptured by the 1917 tragedy, which led to thousands of Russian [emigres] scattering around the world." He added that despite having spent her entire life in France, Marina "remains Russian - in blood, in culture, and in spirit."

Denikin-Grey visited Moscow earlier this autumn to attend her father's reburial ceremonies. She had suggested moving the general's ashes to Russia, in keeping with his last wish.

A hero of the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th century and of World War I, General Denikin led the anti-Bolshevik forces on the southern front during the 1918-20 Russian Civil War. He died in 1947, having spent most of his last twenty-seven years in exile in France.

Marina Denikin-Grey, a journalist and a television personality, extensively studied archival documents relating to the White (anti-Bolshevik) movement and published several books on the subject. She later offered much of her father's archive as a gift to Russia.