13 Facts About Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich

Major-General Count Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich was a major-general in the Imperial Russian Navy and an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, who moved to the United States following the Bolshevik Revolution.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich was a White Russian monarchist, and additionally he was heavily involved in Pan-Slavism, anti-Semitic activism, and various chivalric orders and cultural organizations, especially in the White Russian diaspora community in America.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich is perhaps best known for authoring a book titled The Secret World Government, or, "The Hidden Hand", which presents his conspiracy theory that the world is being clandestinely governed by a group of 300 individuals of "Judeo-Mongol" ancestry.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich claimed to have been a Russian major-general, to have warned King Alexander I and Queen Draga Masin of Serbia before their assassination in 1902, and to have warned Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia in 1904 before his 1905 assassination.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich claimed to have foreseen the First World War, and in the early 1920s he foresaw another international war.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich was president of the Slavonic Society of Russia and of the Latino-Slavic League of Paris and Rome.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich moved to Harlem, New York, in 1920 where he was detained at Ellis Island for a special inquiry by the Immigration Bureau before being admitted.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich organized the Universal Gentiles' League among Russians in the US.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich began his recruitment campaign by mailing circulars to thousands of people, offering details about, and membership in, the League.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich claimed the support of Henry Ford for his anti-Semitic beliefs.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich was a vigorous defender and promoter of Christianity against the numerous anti-Christian and anti-gentile doctrines he perceived especially in the Babylonian Talmud, which he believed classified the behavior of Christians as ritually impure.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich died on 22 October 1926 in his hotel room in the Barrett Manor, a hotel located in Arrochar, Staten Island, New York.

Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich was buried in Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery and Columbarium.