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Title: Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1950
Collection Number: XX535
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, and clippings relating to White Russian and Soviet activities in Mongolia during
the Russian Revolution, and the Russian émigré population during the Russian Civil War and subsequent years. Includes a memoir
entitled
Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go
Veka
relating to counter-revolutionary events in Mongolia during the Russian Revolution, and a translation by Elena Varneck of
the memoir. Microfilm copies of memoir and translation available (2 reels).
Creator:
Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976
Creator:
Pershin, Dimitriĭ Petrovich
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.
[Identification of item], Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Microfilm copies of memoir
Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go
Veka
and translation by Elena Varneck available (2 reels).
Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin was a White Russian diplomat in Mongolia from 1918 to 1921, a Russian historian and novelist, and
subsequently a Russian émigré in China.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of the writings of Pershin, as well as some correspondence and a small amount of biographical material.
Among his writings is the memoir
Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go
Veka
, based on his experiences in Siberia, the Transbaikal region of the Far East, and Mongolia between 1918 and 1921. The memoirs
include notes, research materials, holographs, typescripts, and a final draft. The papers also include an English translation
of the memoir by Russian-American historian Elena Varneck.
Baron Roman Fedorovich Ungern-Shternberg miscellaneous writings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
N. M. Riabukhin typescript: The story of Baron Ungern-Shternberg, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Sergei Lavrov holograph: Sobytiia v Mongolii-Khalkhie, 1920-1921 godakh: voenno-istoricheskii ocherk-vospominaniia, Hoover
Institution Library & Archives
N. N. Kniazev typescript: The legendary baron: from reminiscences about Lieutenant-General Baron Ungern, Hoover Institution
Library & Archives
Boris N. Volkov papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Elena Varneck papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Mongolia -- History
Russians -- East Asia
Ungern-Sternberg, Roman, 1885-1921