The marquis who became a RussianThe Russian who saluted the French flag"You have had a beautiful and noble career, my dear general. Two lesser-known men might have echoed that sentiment: a French-born Russian named Traversay, and a Russian-born Frenchman named Peshkov. The Russian Navy, eager to emulate the British Royal Navy, soon reinstated its English-born officers. Eager to support the anti-Bolshevik cause, France sent its trusted Russian agent to advise the White Armies. In 1922, Peshkov was sent to French Morocco to join Marshal Lyautey, the colony's military commander.