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Title: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kurenkov papers
Date (inclusive): 1892-1992
Collection Number: 2001C84
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description:
8 microfilm reels
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, personal documents, printed matter, and memorabilia, relating to Russian émigré affairs,
and to aspects of the early history of Russia.
Creator:
Kurenkov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, 1891-1971
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.
[Identification of item], Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kurenkov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. Boxes 7 and 8 featuring boxes, brochures and other printed matter
were not microfilmed and exist soley at this location, along with a banner.
| 1891 May 13 | Born, Kazan', Russia |
| ? | Studied in Kazan' University, Russia |
| 1914?-1917 | Served in the Imperial Russian Army |
| 1918-1921 | Participated in the Civil War |
| 1923 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1925-1927 | Served in the National Guard of Washington State |
| 1937 May 11 | Promoted to the rank of Major-General by Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia |
| 1947 | Graduated with the degree of Doctor of Psychology from the College of Divine Metaphysics, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 1951 October 12 | Member, Les Chevaliers de la Croix de Lorraine et Compagnons de la Résistance |
| 1971 | Died, San Francisco, California |
A. A. Kurenkov was born in Kazan' on 13 May 1891. He studied at Kazan' Military School and began military service in the fortress
at Auschwitz. During the First World War he was gassed and wounded. Thereafter he specialized in defense against gas attacks,
and was promoted to command the 1st Chemical Company of the XLIV Corps with the rank of captain (1917). Demobilized in 1918,
Kurenkov joined an officers' unit in Shadrinsk during the anti-Bolshevik uprisings in Siberia and the Urals in summer 1918,
rising to command the 27th Verkhoturskii Siberian Rifles in 1919.
Kurenkov arrived in Seattle, Washington, in February 1923, where he later abbreviated his name to Koor. Here he became involved
in numerous émigré organizations, particularly those with a monarchist flavor, and he was promoted to the rank of major general
by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich in 1937. In San Francisco, where he moved in the 1950s, Kurenkov edited and published a
monarchist newspaper called Vestnik pravdy (1964-1968). In 1947, he received the degree of "Doctor of Psychology" from the
"College of Divine Metaphysics, Indianapolis, Indiana." Following this, he became intensely interested in ancient Russian
and Slavic history, writing about and promoting the so-called "Vles-Kniga," a written work purporting to date from the 5th-6th
centuries, A.D., dismissed as a forgery by all competent scholars. Much of the collection consists of his musings and collected
materials on this subject.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kurenkov (also known as Alexander A. Koor/Koorenkoff), was a Russian Major-General. After immigrating
to the United States in 1923 he became an active member of different Russian émigré associations and the émigré monarchist
movement. He expressed his views in the newspaper
Vestnik pravdy (San Francisco) for which he was a publisher and editor (see OVERSIZE FILE). This collection mainly contains Koorenkov's
writings, as well as background materials and printed matter, related to his interest in the pre-history of Russia and the
Slavs, and in particular, the so-called "Vlesova Kniga" or "Doshchechki Izenbeka."
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum
of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available
at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- History
Officers
Russia. Armii͡a