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Title: Alexander Gribanov papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-2019
Collection Number: 2022C31
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 motion picture film reel, digital media
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Alexander Gribanov (Aleksandr Borisovich Gribanov); Soviet-era dissident activist. The Alexander Gribanov papers (1960s-2010s)
includes correspondence and interviews with fellow Soviet dissidents documenting their activities, primarily as they relate
to the Chronicle of Current Events.
Creator:
Gribanov, Alexander
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Alexander Gribanov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alexander Gribanov (Aleksandr Borisovich Gribanov); philologist specializing in medieval Spanish literature, and translator
and commentator of texts from Spanish into Russian. Soviet-era dissident activist and literary editor of the Chronicle of
Current Events, 1975-1980. Immigrated to the United States in 1987. Archivist at the Andrei Sakharov Archive, Brandeis University,
1994-2004. Co-editor of The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov, Yale University Press, 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes correspondence and interviews with fellow Soviet dissidents documenting their activities, primarily
as they relate to the Chronicle of Current Events. Materials relate to political dissident movements and the human rights
movement in the USSR.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Human rights -- Soviet Union
Personal correspondence
Interviews