Typescript memoirs, in two volumes, of Tkachenko. The memoirs are written under the pseudonym St. Chemer, and are entitled: "Dvadt︠s︡at ́pi︠a︡t ́let pod serpom i molotom" (429 p.), and "Dva lata pod znakom svastiki" (76 p.). There are also clippings of three memoiristic articles by Tkachenko.
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Shlippe's manuscripts include his memoirs (200 p.) and three brief manuscripts. The memoirs describe his work in the Moscow Zemstvo organization and in the Imperial Ministry of Agriculture. There are acounts of the political trends among zemstvo personnel, the reactions to the Stolypin reforms, the 1913 Congress of Zemstvo workers and the formation of the Vserossiĭskiĭ zemskiĭ soi︠u︡z. There are brief remarks on the Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 and February 1917 Revolutions. Other manuscripts include Shlippe's essay"Begstvo iz Moskvy v Rigu" (1947), an undated memo discussing the Russian Red Cross in Germany, 1921-1938, and a six-page memoir by Elizaveta P. Shlippe entitled "Neskolḱo stranit︠s︡ iz moeĭ zhizni.".
Materials relating to the history of the Finland Regiment of the Imperial Russian Guards and to the activities of the emigre Finland Regiment Association (Obe̋dinenie Finli︠a︡ndskago Polka), an organization of former officers of the regiment, including correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Although the regiment was founded in 1806, almost all the materials date from the 20th century. The voluminous correspondence largely consists of letters to Dmitriĭ I. Khodnev and leaders of the regimental association in the emigration. Manuscripts include a long memoir by Khodnev concerning his service in the regiment
Fiodor Gorb Memoir, 1955 172 pages
Typescript memoirs "Chernyi Uragan" describe experiences of Gorb and his family in the Soviet Union before and during the Second World War.
Correspondence and memoirs of Vigand. The correspondence dates from 1925 to 1937 and primarily consists of letters from her daughter and other relatives and friends in the Soviet Union. The memoirs describe Vigand's life in the Soviet Union from 1920-1925 during which time she lived in the Northern Caucasus and in Novorossiĭsk. The memoirs end with her emigration to France in 1925.
G. Bukhantsov Memoirs, 1953 2 items
Two copies of a typescript memoir (51 p.) by G. Bukhantsov. The memoir concerns his experiences as a soldier in the Soviet army during World War II and as a prisoner in German camps in Poland and Germany.
George Vernadsky Papers, circa 1500-1973, bulk circa 1918-1973 100 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, printed materials, and memorabilia of historian George Vernadsky (Georgii Vladimirovich Vernadskii; 1887-1973). Most of the collection consists of his personal and professional papers, circa 1918-1973. Sizable groups of materials also concern members of his family, especially his wife Nina (1884-1971); his father, scientist Vladimir I. Vernadskii (1863-1945); his mother Nataliia E. Vernadskaia (1860-1943); and his sister Nina V. Toll' (1898-circa 1976).
George Wierzbicki Memoir, 1950 90 pages
Memoirs of Wierzbicki. The carbon copy typescript "Vous qui entrez ici laissez toute esperance" was edited and translated into French by Marthe Bernard. It deals with the writer's arrest in Warsaw by the Gestapo, and his experiences in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
George Y. Shevelov Papers, 1922-2001 15 linear feet
The handwritten manuscript covers Li︠u︡barskiĭ's service in the Lithuanian E.I.V. Regiment of the T︠S︡esarevich-Heir (Litovskiĭ E.I.V. Naslednika T︠S︡esarevicha polk), the Southern Army of General N.I. Ivanov, and the Volunteer Army of Southern Russia.
The collection consists of correspondence, a diary, manuscripts, memoirs, notes, a subject file, photographs and printed materials. Correspondence is primarilly addressed to Orlov and his wife. Manuscripts and memoirs, chiefly by Orlov, deal with Civil War topics. Orlov's diary covers the years 1918-1921. Notes are on World War II, and the subject file concerns the death of Orlov. Photographs include a group picture of a Gallipoli Society meeting in Prague. Printed materials include clippings, mimeographed materials, pamphlets and copies of periodicals, all relating to the Gallipoli Society.
Tal'́s handwritten memoirs, recorded in 88 notebooks, recount his life experiences and explore in detail the following subjects: the life of the Imperial family and the role of Rasputin; high society and cultural life in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century; social life and customs in the Russian provinces during the 19th century; the Aleksandrovskiĭ Lycʹee; military education and the Hussar Regiment; the February and October Revolutions; and the Russian emigration, first in Yugoslavia and, after World War II, in France. The narrative, although predominantly second-hand, is frequently interspersed with personal reminiscences and the recollections of family members, friends and colleagues. Georgiĭ Tal ́stresses the eyewitness aspect of these accounts, stating that he recorded much of the information the time it occurred. However, his repeated use of verbatim dialogue gives the memoirs a tone of historical fiction.
Papers of General Georgiĭ E. Berkhman that consist of correspondence, subject files, maps and printed materials. Most of the collection concerns the Sarykamysh campaign against Turkey in late 1914, including telegrams, orders, reports, maps and books. There is also Berkhman's official service record, a brief memoir by his wife Elena Vasilévna, clippings, and copies of Tbilisi newspapers from January 1919.
Memoirs of Tanutrov and his wife, I︠A︡dviga Iosipovna Tanutrova. Tanutrova's memoirs"Na polśkoĭ zemle" (63 p. handwritten) describe her early life in Poland. Tanutrov's memoirs"Ot Tiflisa do Parizha" (348 p. typed) discuss his growing up in the Dagestan Region, his military training in Tbilisi and his career during World War I and the Civil War. The manuscript includes historical material relating to nineteenth-century military events in the Caucasus. The related materials consist of an essay by V.N. Speranskiĭ about Tanutrova's literary work and a clipping of an article she wrote for "Russkai︠a︡ mysl"́ in 1956"V osazhdennii Varshave.".
Georgii Grekov Memoirs, 1977 247 pages
The memoirs "Moe postuplenie i 7-letnee prebyvanie v Voronezhskom Velikogo Kniazia Mikhaila Pavlovicha kadetskon korpuse" concern his military education.
The collection primarily consists of unpublished manuscripts by Shavelśkiĭ. There are also letters from Shavelśkiĭ to his daughter (Marii︠a︡ Novit︠s︡kai︠a︡), several photographs of Shavelśkiĭ, clippings and miscellaneous printed items. Shavelśkiĭ's manuscripts include his memoirs (1920) which describe church affairs in Russia, World War I, the Imperial family and the 1917 Revolution; "Nabroski s natury" (1947), a series of brief essays and stories; "Pokhod protiv Rasputina" (n.d.); "Russkai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkov ́pred revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ieĭ" (1937); and "V dobrovolćheskoĭ armii" (1943), which describes Shavelśkiĭ's service as an army chaplain. Other manuscripts include brief sketches of Shavelśkiĭ by Feodor Bokach and N.N. Glubokovskiĭ.
Manuscripts of, and historical documents collected by, Georgiĭ M. Kiselevskiĭ. Kiselevskiĭ's brief typed memoirs discuss his youth, service in the Imperial Ministry of Communications before World War I, and life as an emigre in Europe and Latin America. His diary from 1919-1920 covers the period when he served in the White Northwestern Army. Also included is a photograph and membership lists relating to emigre engineers' associations. Among the historical documents which Kiselevskiĭ collected are patents and edicts issued by the following Russian rulers: Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich (ruled 1645-76); Peter I (1682-1725); Catherine I (1725-27); Anna Ivanovna (1730-40); Ivan VI (1740-41); Catherine II (1762-96); and Alexander I (1801-25). Co-signers of certain of these documents are A.A. Arakcheev, V.V. Dolgorukiĭ, B.C. von Minikh, and A.D. Menshikov. Also included are over 50 miscellaneous receipts and other documents from the period 1732-1872. In addition there is a printed roll (stolbet︠s︡) depicting the order of march at Alexander I's funeral (1825).
The collection consists of manuscripts, documents, printed materials, and a photograph of Sadovskiĭ with his son and grandson. The manuscripts are memoiristic in nature and concern such topics as Sadovskiĭ's work in and near Vitebsk as part of Stolypin's land reform commission, the creation of a botanical garden in Vitebsk, Sadovskiĭ's imprisonment by the Cheka in 1919-1920, his emigration to Brazil and various antisemitic topics. The documents include Cheka affidavits regarding Sadovskiĭ's arrest, photostats of diplomas and emigration forms. There are two copies of a brochure Sadovskiĭ wrote about the Vitebsk Botanical Garden.
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and printed materials of Georgiĭ P. Benningsen, brother of E.P. Benningsen and, in the emigration, an associate of Vladimir Burt︠s︡ev. Much of the correspondence consists of letters to Georgiĭ Benningsen by Burt︠s︡ev (69 letters from the 1920s). Manuscripts include Benningsen's memoirs about Burt︠s︡ev, copies of Burt︠s︡ev's (apparently published) memoirs, and notes. Printed materials are chiefly clippings on various topics. There are also scattered issues of 1917 Russian newspapers ("Nash Vek," "Russkoe Slovo"), and an autographed copy of Burt︠s︡ev's 1919 edition of Griboedov's "Gore ot uma."
The memoirs of Grand Duke Romanov consist of a typescript and a photocopy, entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡: Semeĭnai︠a︡ Khronika, 1887-1919" (1,171 p.) and photographs for the memoirs. There are also related family materials, which are mostly excerpts from letters of his father, Konstantin Konstantinovich, and his grandfather, Konstantin Pavlovich. They are grouped by subject. The memoir covers the early years of Gavriĭl Konstantinovich's life, before he left Russia in 1918.
Popov's manuscript memoirs touch on his childhood and life in Siberia and Mongolia.
Grigorii Lomaka Memoirs, 1950 7 items
Lomaka's memoirs describe his flight from South Russia in 1920 in the wake of Denikin's defeat and his wanderings during the next year or so, which took him to Greece, Mount Athos, Bulgaria, and Constantinople. Lomaka's impressions of the various monastic communities on Mount Athos consitute a considerable portion of the manuscript.
Typescript memoirs "Desiat' let advokatury v Kitaiskom Sude Prisiazhnogo Poverennogo G. Iu. Gerts" (7p.).that discuss Gert︠s︡' experiences as a lawyer in Harbin.
Hedwig von Heyking Memoirs, 1959 40 pages
Typescript memoirs "Aus politischer Haftzeit" discuss Heyking's experiences in Soviet-occupied Germany, and her arrest and internment as a spy.
Helene Romanoff Papers, 1960-1963 27 items
The collection primarily consists of her typescript memoirs (65 p.) which cover events from 1917 to her husband's death at the hands of the Bolsheviks. Also included is correspondence, and her obituary from a newspaper in Nice.
Hung-Hsun Ling papers, 1916-1974 0.4 Linear Feet
Iakov A. Grebenshchikov Memoirs, 1958 627 pages
Typescript memoirs that concern Grebenshchikov's years at the Pavlovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche (Pavlovsk Military Academy) from 1909-1911. Inserted throughout the memoirs are a number of photographs.
Typescript memoirs that cover Kefeli's student years in Paris around the turn of the century, World War I in the Caucasus region, the 1917 revolution in Petrograd, and the revolution and Civil War in Odessa. Also included is a collective memoir of the siege of Port Arthur, compiled by Kefeli and other veterans of that seige.
Papers of Solomonovskiĭ, consisting primarily of his manuscript memoirs (ca. 300 p.). The memoirs mostly concern his experiences during World War II, but also touch on the Civil War and emigration. Also included are clippings and correspondence from 1964-1971 which concern various controversies relating to the ROA and World War II.
The collection consists of Cherkasskii's memoirs of World War I and the Civil War; brief memoirs by his father, Mikhail Alekseevich Cherkasskii, who served in the Imperial central government and as governor of Simbirsk before the 1917 Revolution; and manuscripts by other people, particularly G. N. Odintsov. There are also documents of I. M. Cherkasskii and photographs.
Il'ia Grigor'evich Savchenko Papers, 1920-1955 9 Linear Feet
The papers of Il'ia Grigor'evich Savchenko (1889-1961). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, caricatures, and materials relating to a number of Russian émigré organizations. The materials relating to émigré organizations include correspondence, financial records, and mimeographed textbooks prepared by the professors of the Russkii iuridicheskii fakul'tet v Prage (Russian Juridical Institute in Prague), and correspondence and printed materials of the Soiuz ob"edinenii russkikh okonchivshikh vysshie uchebnye asvedeniia (OROVUZ; Union of Societies of Russians Who Have Graduated from Institutes of Higher Education), which Savchenko headed. In addition, there are materials relating to other émigré groups in Europe and the United States with which Savchenko was associated.
The memoirs discuss primarily Tashkent in August-October 1917.
Three typescript memoiristic essays (112 p.) by Inna Konstantinovna Buttler, describing primarily her experiences in the Soviet Union during World War II, and to a lesser extent life in the Soviet Union during the 1930s.
The manuscripts, all of which are by Smolin, include his memoirs"Davnominuvshee--Vospominanii︠a︡ starogo ofit︠s︡era." These memoirs describe Smolin's childhood in I︠A︡kut︠s︡k, his military training, and his service in the Finli︠a︡ndskiĭ Polk, the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution and World War I. The other, more minor manuscripts primarily deal with military themes. The printed materials consist of two articles by Smolin that appeared in the emigre press.
Innokenti Nikolaevich Seryshev Papers, 1914-1970 10 linear feet
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Seryshev carried on a voluminous correspondence in Esperanto, as well as Russian and English, with individuals in many countries. This material mostly dates from the late 1920s. Photographs of Seryshev's correspondents have been left with the letters to which these photos were attached. The main manuscript is a lengthy autobiography by Father Seryshev, illustrated with photos, postcards, and documents, called "V Zemnom plane moego vechnogo bytii︠a︡", describing in five volumes and appendices his life and travels in pre-revolutionary Siberia, in Japan (1919-1922), in China (1922-1925), and in Australia, where he settled after 1926. An earlier manuscript entitled "Peshkom po i︠a︡ponskim shkolam", also covers the Japanese period in Seryshev's life. Among materials relating to Seryshev's activities as a promoter of Esperanto, mention should be made of his manuscript "Esperanto v SSSR i ee satelitakh", to which much primary material is adjoined. Printed material includes "Siberio" (1914), a collection of articles on Siberia, translated into Esperanto and edited by Seryshev; various Russian-language periodicals brought out by Father Seryshev in Australia; and Esperanto textbooks in Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
Memoirs of T︠S︡ereteli. The collection contains six chapters of T︠S︡ereteli's memoirs"Vospominanii︠a︡ o fevralśkoĭ revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii" published by Mouton & Co., Paris (in collaboration with Harvard and Columbia) in 1953. The chapters in the collection are numbered ten through fifteen and correspond to chapters one through six in part two of the published work. The chapters in the collection primarily deal with the February Revolution, the domestic and foreign policy of the Provisional Government and the nationality question. There are also four issues of "The Russian Review" (1955-1956) in which sections from chapter ten were published. Included as well are typed copies of related supporting materials from 1917-1920, such as copies of Bolshevik and Menshevik documents and press articles.
Irina Eval'dovna Elenevskaia Memoirs, 1967 242 pages bound
Bound typescript memoirs that describe Elenevskai︠a︡'s childhood in pre-revolutionary Russia, the period of the Revolution and Civil War, and the Russian emigration in Sweden and Finland.
Typescript memoirs "Vospominaniia o pervykh dniakh revoliutsii 1917 goda v Petrograde"
The papers, which primarily concern Shmelev, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence includes photocopies of letters from Petr Struve to Ivan Shmelev, and of letters from Shmelev to one Aleksandr Ivanovich. Manuscripts consist of Kutyrina's memoirs and essays about Shmelev; these draw heavily on correspondence of Shmelev, Ivan Bunin, Konstantin Balḿont, and Thomas Mann. Also included are Kutyrina's memoirs about the October 1917 Revolution in Moscow. Printed materials consist of books by Kutyrina's husband, the writer Ivan Novgorod-Severskiĭ.
Typescript memoirs that primarily concern the First World War and the Revolution and Civil War. Also included is a series of autobiographical letters from Gersdorf to one Vladimir Vladimirovich, which apparently formed the basis for the memoirs.
The memoirs of I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Squibb (or Skvibb) recount a number of episodes from her life including her early years in Tver ́("Nasha kukharka Tati︠́a︡na") and St. Petersburg ("Anna Fedorovna"). She also recounts her life in Shanghai where she worked for the Russian-Asian Bank and her emigration to Durban and later Cape Town.
Handwritten memoirs which discuss in part his legal work before World War I.
Reingardt's memoirs are in the form of twenty-one brief essays devoted chiefly to Civil War events in the area of Ekaterinodar. He discusses general Kant︠s︡erov and the Markov Division (with which he fought) and also includes excerpts from the memoirs of fellow officers (notably V. P. Stet︠s︡enko) and contemporary newspaper accounts. In addition, there are brief descriptions of historical military events and nineteenth century military figures. The essay entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ uchastnikov o Gen. Kant︠s︡erove" includes several photographs of Markov Division parades, training and encampments.
Most of the collection relates either to the role of the Cossacks in the Revolution and Civil War or to the affairs of the Russian emigre community in the Far East. The largest item is a memoir by Vladimir Nikolaevich Gaevskii, the son of landowners in Voronezh guberniia, concerning his childhood. There are two memoirs of the Cossacks' activities during the revolutionary period, one by Cheremshanskii himself, the other by I. N. Oprits. Substantial subject files are devoted to the troubled affairs of the principal administrative body of the Shanghai Russian emigre community, the Russkii Emigrantskii Komitet, in 1939-1941. Other files are devoted to Ataman Grigorii Semenov and to emigre political organizations, the Brotherhood of Russian Truth (Bratstvo Russkoi Pravdy) and Russian facists. There is a single catalogued item, a 1937 letter from Vladimir Burtsev to Cheremshanskii proposing the creation of an anti-GPU organization.
Iurii Il'ich Lodyzhenskii Papers, 1924-1973 1000 items
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials. The majority of the collection consists of anti-communist printed materials, primarily on religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. Among the printed materials there is a memoir by Lodyzhenskiĭ on Gorkiĭ, Korolenko and Shmelev in the almanac, "Sbornik literaturno-istoricheskogo kruzhka v San Paulo (1951-61)." Manuscripts include a typescript by Lodyzhenskiĭ, "Pro-Christo: Povest"́ (227 p.), his memoirs, "Zapiski vracha (iz epokhi rossiĭskogo smutnogo vremeni)" (66 p.) and a manuscript on the emigre anti-communist movement, "Mezhdunarodnoe anti-kommunisticheskoe dvizhenie (1924-1950)" (255 p.). There is also a letter by Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ.
Meier's typescript memoirs discuss: the emigration in Yugoslavia; the formation of the Russian Defense Corps (Russkiĭ Okhrannyĭ Korpus) in Yugoslavia during World War II; and KONR and the Vlasov army. Also included are copies of German reports (Ereignismeldungen) on the war against the USSR in the summer of 1941. In addition to the memoirs, there is a typescript by Meier, based on the Smolensk party archive, on party members in the Smolensk region, 1920-1940 ("Zhizn ́i nastroenii︠a︡ partiĭt︠s︡ev..", 194 p.).
Iurii Vladimirovich Zubov Memoirs, 1978 271 pages
Bound memoirs "S polkom pradedov i dedov v velikuiu voinu 1914-1917 gg." by Zubov.
Two typescript memoirs, liberally interspersed with poetry. Both the longer memoir, entitled "Oskolki proshlago" and the shorter "Russkai︠a︡ imperatorskai︠a︡ gvardii︠a︡ v mirnoe vremi︠a︡ posle Russko-I︠A︡ponskoĭ voĭny" discuss his service.
Mimeographed memoirs "Na voennoi sluzhbe v Rossii".
Poli︠a︡nin's typescript and manuscript memoirs concern his military experiences in World War I, and the emigration in Bulgaria between the wars. In Bulgaria Poli︠a︡nin worked with the Russkai︠a︡ Akademicheskai︠a︡ Gruppa (Russian Academic Group) and the Obʺedinennye Komitety Soi︠u︡z Gorodov i Zemstv (United Committees of the Union of Cities and Zemstva). Also included are newspaper clippings and a theatre program on silk (Feodosii︠a︡, 1903).