[1] At the beginning of World War I, Golovin commanded the Grodno Hussar regiment.

After the Russian Revolution and break-up of the army he retired to Odessa where he lived in obscurity until the victory of the Allies and opening of the Black Sea allowed him to come to Western Europe.

In autumn 1919 he travelled from Paris through Vladivostok to Siberia to join Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak's White movement.

Golovin decided that the situation was hopeless and did not take command, returning to Vladivostok and Europe.

[2] Golovin's personal collection of documents was also deposited in the Hoover Institution's archive.