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Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973

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).

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Chen, Leslie H. Dingyan
The Leslie H. Dingyan Chen's Collection of Historiographic Materials for a Biography of Chen Chiung-Ming is a typescript publication published in 1988 documenting the life of Chen Jiongming as a revolutionary figure in the Guangdong province before and during the Republican period in China.
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Tissarevskai︠a︡, Olǵa, 1896?-

Typescript memoirs "Svet i teni moei zhizni". The memoirs are edited and introduced by Mikhail Karachevskiĭ-Karateev. They touch upon her youth, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, emigration in Poland, World War II, emigration in the United States, and her subsequent round-the-world travels.

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Vakar, Sergeĭ Vasilʹevich, 1894-1981

Manuscripts and memoirs of Vakar. The topics with which Vakar chiefly deals include: his military education and service; the role of the cavalry in the Imperial Army; emigre military groups in Europe; the Russian Defense Corps (Russkiĭ Okhrannyĭ Korpus) in Yugoslavia during World War II; and Russian emigre life in Argentina after the war. In addition to the manuscripts and memoirs, there are several posters and maps drawn by Vakar on military topics.

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Tulint︠s︡ev, Vasiliĭ Vasilévich

Memoirs of Tulint︠s︡ev. The handwritten memoirs were written during the 1971-1976 period and are primarily in the form of letters addressed to Lev Magerovsky. Along with general remarks about Russian history and culture, Tulint︠s︡ev discusses his military education, religious and folk customs, and his travels through the Caucasus and Siberia.

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Velikotnyĭ, Vladimir Nikolaevich, 1900-

The 30-page typescript provides an account of the events of 1917 from the point of view of a cadet in the Nikolaev Cavalry School in Petrograd, where Velikotnyĭ studied in 1916 and 1917. It also describes in detail Velikotnyĭ's experiences as an officer in the Volunteer Army from late 1917 until the evacuation of the White Army in Nov. 1920.

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Artamonova, Olǵa Mikhaĭlovna, 1903-

Manuscripts and photographs of Ol'ga Mikhailovna Artamonova including her memoirs, entitled "Moia sem'ia", and family photographs from the early 20th century. The memoirs concern the Depreradovich family, Siberia in the early 20th century, the Revolution and the Civil War, and the emigration in the Far East and the U.S.

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Baranovskiĭ, Pavel Ilích, b. ca. 1880

Baranovskii's memoirs describe his youth in Chernigov province; the events of the revolution of 1905 there; his education at the Vil'no Military Academy; his peacetime military service and wartime service in East Prussia; the 1917 revolution and his service in the Volunteer Army during the Civil War; and emigration in Cyprus, Egypt, and Bulgaria.

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Bruzinskai︠a︡, Emilii︠a︡, 1880-1976

Collection consists of typescripts of Emiliia Vitol'dovna Brusinskaya's reminiscences of Siberia in the late 19th century. There are also two newspaper clippings with her publications, 1 drawing, clipping with image of ballerina, and a brief essay (typescript) written by Konstantin Bruzinskii about his grandfather, Iakub Geishtor.

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Romankevich, Andreĭ I︠A︡kovlevich, 1900-

Romankevich's typescript memoir (8 p.) is accompanied by six photographic slides of churches in Kiev and Shevchenko University. Romankevich was present at a meeting of students at the university in Kiev on the day after the announcement of the tsar's abdication from the throne had reached the city.

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Reĭngardt, I︠U︡. A

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.

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Squibb, I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Sergeevna

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.

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Linden, V., b. ca. 1885

Linden's manuscript memoirs discuss women's education in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg; Russian youth in the 1890s; the Crimea and Odessa in 1917-1919; Aleksandr Kerenskiĭ; her husband and family; and the situation of Jews in the Russian Empire. With typed transcript.

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Bugaeva, K. N. (Klavdii︠a︡ Nikolaevna), 1886-1970

Photocopis of typescript memoirs of Klavdiia Nikolaevna Bugaeva "Vospominaniia" and of E. N. Kezel'man (Bugaeva's sister) "Vospominaniia: Zhizn v Lebediani letom letom 32-go goda." There are corrections and proofreaders' and typesetters' corrections and notes (made by the editor and publisher). The manuscripts were published, in abridged form, in 1981 as "Vospominaniia o Belom", ed. John E. Malmstad.

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Pavlov, Vasiliĭ Efimovich, 1895-

Pavlov's manuscript memoirs, in two notebooks, discuss such topics as his family, childhood, and the evacuation from the Crimea at the end of the Civil War. Also included are issues of a mimeographed emigre veterans' periodical"Svi︠a︡z ́po ʹt︠s︡epiʹ markovt︠s︡ev" (1966-73), which was edited by Pavlov.

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Voronkov, Nikolaĭ P., 1883-

Manuscripts by Voronkov. One manuscript is a short (6 p.), handwritten, autobiographical essay, in which Voronkov mentions his military education, his service in the Russian Imperial Army, his management of a military factory in WWI, and his emigration after the Civil War. The other manuscript"Svi︠a︡tai︠a︡ Ruś" consists of 80 poems written by Voronkov primarily about Imperial Russia, Russian Orthodoxy and the Romanov family. The collection also includes a copy of a Russian emigre newspaper published in Argentina ("Nasha Strana" 15 Feb. 1966) that contains an article about Voronkov's poems.

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Makhonin, Aleksandr Ivanovich, 1889-

The collection contains a manuscript (10 p.) entitled"Velikai︠a︡ kni︠a︡gini︠a︡ Anastasii︠a︡" and a memoir (54 p.) that deals with Makhonin's education at the Naval Engineering Academy in Kronstadt, Makhonin's service in the navy during World War I, his mission to England to inspect the production of war materials for Russia, his service in the Volunteer Army in the south of Russia during the Civil War, his work with the American Red Cross in Crimea, and information on General Krasnov's Cossack Army, which collaborated with the Germans during World War II.

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Lakier, Elena (Elena Ivanovna), 1899-

Fragmentary typescript copy of a diary (34 p.) by Lakier covering the years 1917-1920 in Odessa and Sevastopol. Also included in the collection is a typescript copy of a memoir (20 p.) by Lakier's grandmother, Sofii︠a︡ Aleksandrovna Sushchinskai︠a︡, entitled "1920-i god. Begstvo iz Odessy v Sevastopol ́i evakuatsii︠a︡ iz Rossii v Egipet.".

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Spasskii-Odynets, Aleksei Aleksandrovich

"Gosudar* Imperator Nikolai Il-oi, graf S. Witte, Manifest 17-go Oktiabriai gody pervoi revoliutsii," 1905, pages 1-70. "Prodolzhenie vospominanii A.A. Spasskago," pages 71-129. "Graf Witte, Karatelfnye otriady - ekspeditsii i ego, Witte, Otvetstvennost1," pages 130-205. "Vozvrashchenie: A.I. Guehkov i ego fGolos Moskvy1," pages 206-350."Chetyre reki i odno more; vospominaniia, obnimaiushchiia vremia s1883-go goda (s piatiletniago vozrasta) po noiabr' 1920-go goda(Tom Chetvertyi)," pages 351-510

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Landerman, Peter

Typescript memoir describes Landerman's experiences in Soviet prisons in 1963-65, after he was convicted of killing someone in an automobile accident. The manuscript was apparently prepared by George Feifer from an interview he had with Landerman concerning the latter's experiences.

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Vadbolśkai︠a︡, Nina Vladimirovna

Memoirs--mostly handwritten--of Vadbolśkai︠a︡. She spent several years in Persia with her husband, General Vadbolśkiĭ, who commanded Russian troops in northern Persia after the Russo-Japanese War. The memoirs focus on the personal and social life of Vadbolśkai︠a︡. With typed transcript of handwritten portions.

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Tal, ́ Evgeniĭ Khristi︠a︡novich

The typescript memoirs (10 p.) of Tal ́concern the activity of the Grand Duchess Tati︠́a︡na Nikolaevna's Committee for the Administration of Temporary Aid to Victims of War Deprivations (Komitet Velikoĭ Kni︠a︡zhny Tati︠́a︡ny Nikolaevny dli︠a︡ okazanii︠a︡ vremennoĭ pomoshchi postradavshim ot voennykh bedstviĭ) during World War I.

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Belozerov, Aleksandr Dmitrievich, 1910-

Manuscript memoirs that discuss such topics as the Civil War in the Smolensk region and Siberia; the NEP period in Moscow; the terror of the 1930s; and World War II. Belozerov began the war as a technician in the Soviet army; was captured by the Germans in 1941. He later served in Russian auxiliary units on the German side, and in 1943-1944 was sent to France where he joined the French Catholic partisans.

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Sproge, V. Ė. (Vasiliĭ Ėmilʹevich)

Sproge's memoirs are in the form of a 215 page bound manuscript, "Zapiski inzhenera," which is dated Zurich 1963. In his memoirs, Sproge discusses the 1913-1941 period, beginning with his training as a communications engineer. He describes the 1917 Revolution, his post-Revolutionary life in Kharḱov, and his travels through the Crimea. Sproge chronicles his experiences in the White Army with which he traveled to Rostov, Ekaterinodar and Novorossiĭsk. He then describes economic development during the twenties in the Ukraine, notably his association with electrification and water-power plants. The memoirs conclude with a description of Central Asia and Leningrad during the 1930's and Sproge's emigration in 1941.

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Tereshchenko, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, 189?-

Memoirs of Tereshchenko. These extensive, uncollated manuscript memoirs discuss Tereshchenko's service in the Russian army in World War I; inthe White Army in the Ukraine and southern Russia in the Civil War; in the French Foreign Legion in the 1920's; and, in World War II, with German auxiliary forces, the NTS, and the Vlasov movement.

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Mi︠a︡kin, Aleksandr Vasilévich, ca. 1880-1964

Mi︠a︡kin's memoirs discuss his journalistic career; acquaintances, including the Suvorins and the actress Nadezhda Plevit︠s︡kai︠a︡; the Civil War; the emigration, including the Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Yugoslavia; horse racing in Russia; and his experiences as a displaced person in Austria after World War II.

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Varzukevich, Alekseĭ A

Typed memoirs of Varzukevich. The memoirs cover the period from 1904 to 1914, during which Varzukevich's regiment was stationed in the Far East and then in Odessa and Yalta. Varzukevich describes the end of the war with Japan, revolutionary agitation in the armed forces in 1905-1906, and military life up to World War I.

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Michael, Louis Guy, 1877-1967

The bound memoirs "Russian Experience 1910-1917" discuss Michael's adventures in Russia in 1910-1917. In 1910 he was hired by the Bessarabian provincial zemstvo to help landlords and peasants in that province improve their corn yields; he stayed there until 1916, when he returned to the United States. The first half of the memoirs covers these years, including extensive commentary on Bessarabian peasants, gentry, zemstvo politics, and some information on World War I. In 1917 he returned on a mission to study the Russian grain trade. He sailed across the Pacific with the American Red Cross Mission, spent August in Petrograd, and then travelled around Russia's Black Sea ports in September-November. In early November, he returned to Petrograd, and finally left Russia by the Trans-Siberian railroad in December. While the first half of these memoirs includes much first-hand information, the second half, on 1917, is more derivative in nature.

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Kirkhgof, Fedor F., b. ca. 1890

Memoirs of Fedor F. Kirkhgof and of his wife, Vera V. Fedor's typescript memoirs (in all 220 p.) are in six parts, entitled: "Vospominanii︠a︡ adʺi︠u︡tanta komendanta glavnoĭ kvartiry shtaba verkhovnogo glavnokomandui︠u︡shchego"; "Pokhod Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskogo Polka 1914-1918"; "Posledniĭ period Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskogo Polka"; "Moe vozvrashchenie s voĭny"; "Moi︠a︡ zhizn ́v Petrograde v 1918 i 1919 godakh i komandirovka osobogo naznachenii︠a︡ v Berlin v 1918 godu"; and "Moi︠a︡ zhizn ́na Ukraine v 1919 godu." The typescript memoirs of Vera Kirkhgof, entitled "Moi︠a︡ shkola" (16.), mostly discuss her education at the Shaffe girls' gymnasium in St. Petersburg.

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Solomonovskiĭ, Igor ́Konstantinovich, 1901-

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.

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Kruzenshtern, Vladimir Pavlovich, von

The collection consists of a typescript copy of a fragment of a diary (14 p.) by Vladimir Pavlovich dated 1903, a typescript copy of his memoirs (71 p.) dated 1910, and a typescript (15 p.) of the memoirs of I︠U︡stina Kruzenshtern, Vladimir's daughter, concerning the years 1906-1914. The memoirs primarily concern Russian military expeditions, military life in Manchuria and Russian relations with the native population.

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Smugge, Aleksandra A., 1873-

The memoirs of Smugge, nʹee Gori︠a︡chkina, which cover the 1880-1955 period, begin with a vivid description of her early life in Irkut︠s︡k. She then chronicles the years she lived and studied in Geneva and Paris before returning to Siberia and thence moving to Harbin, Port Arthur and, in 1902, to Vladivostok. The next section of the manuscript deals with her marriage to Evgeniĭ M. Smugge, a railroad engineer, and their life and work in Turkestan (1907-1910) and Odessa (1910-1911 and 1916-1920). The memoirs then turn to the Civil War period and the Smugges' evacuation via Constantinople to Yugoslavia where they lived until 1925. Following a description of the 1926-1944 period, when the Smugges lived in Riga, the memoirs end with the evacuation to Germany and their life there. A few revised sections are appended to the very end of the manuscript. The memoirs are in 5 notebooks and total ca. 250 pages.

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Isheev, P. P., kni︠a︡zʹ (Petr Petrovich), 1882-

Typed memoirs "Itogi semidesiatiletiia" discuss such topics as Isheev's family and education; the 1905 Revolution in Riga and Jelgava; his contacts with the world of theatre and journalism in Russia; World War I and the Civil War; and the emigration in Bulgaria, France, and the United States, where he was again involved with cultural activities and journalism.

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Poli︠a︡nskiĭ, Alekseĭ Nikolaevich

The larger part of Poli︠a︡nskiĭ's memoirs is entitled "Russkiĭ Korpus v Serbii, 1941-1945" (343 p.), and concerns the Russian Defense Corps in Yugoslavia. This body, in which Poli︠a︡nskiĭ served all through the war, fought on the German side. Two shorter manuscripts by Poli︠a︡nskiĭ are entitled: "Chto vspomnilos ́o passazhirskom parokhodstve po reke Volge" (17 p.), and "Chto sokhranilos ́v pami︠a︡ti o Nizhnem-Novgorode i ego zhizni, 1908-1917 gg." (38 p.).