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.
Mikhaĭlov's largely typescript memoirs discuss his experiences in the early part of the Civil War, his education, Grodno in 1905, and the Orthodox Church in China (including two photographs).
The collection consists of memoirs, manuscripts and a few related photographs. The memoirs cover Nevzorov's reminiscences of the 1905 Revolution through the 1917 Revolution.
"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
The manuscript memoirs deal with such topics as the career of her father Pavel I. Miller, the 1905 Revolution and Glazenap's emigration to Norway. Also included is a personal document of hers from 1917.
Typescript memoirs discuss Ili︠́u︡shkin's army career, including his role in the supression of the 1905 Revolution.
Manuscript memoirs (69 p.) of Vasilév. The 10 short manuscripts, chiefly autobiographical in nature, deal with such topics as Vasilév's experiences during the 1905 and 1917 revolutions and the Civil War.
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.
Polozov's typescript memoirs (70 p.) consist of five separate essays, discussing events in his service in the Caucasus region before World War I. The memoirs cover the 1905 revolution in the region, and Armenian-Turkish hostility.
Manuscripts of Ukraint︠s︡ev. The manuscripts are chiefly autobiographical in nature, and cover the 1905-1955 period. Among the topics Ukraint︠s︡ev treats are: the 1905 Revolution; pogroms in Kishinev; the St. Petersburg-Petrograd Military District (Voennyĭ Okrug), with which Ukraint︠s︡ev was associated from 1914 to 1917; Ukraint︠s︡ev's service with the White Army on the southern front; his service as an interpreter for German troops in the USSR in 1941; Adolph Hitler; and the ten years Ukraint︠s︡ev spent in Soviet prison camps following his arrest by SMERSH in Poland, 1945.
