The Adventures of Feldkurat Karl Drexel in Siberia (According to Archival Sources)
We can analyze the fate of one of these priests - the ober- feldkurat of the Austro - Hungarian army Karl Drexel. To describe his activities, the article uses a variety of new archival sources, as well as the diary of a priest. During the Russian offensive operation, the priest was taken prisoner in the battle of Rabba Russkaya. In 1915 K. Drexel came under the operational supervision of the Intelligence Department of the Amur military district. It should be emphasized that the historical sources analyzed in the article, help to develop a new approach to the analysis of such an interesting topic as the transformation of the manifestations of loyalty and patriotism of PoW. In this case, it is possible to analyze such manifestations both in relation to the homeland and in relation to the country of captivity. The article is divided into two parts based on the internal logic of the presentation of the material, The first part deals with the pre-war biography of K. Drexel, the history of his captivity and stay in a prison camp in the Far East.