Register of the Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers
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Register of the Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Lyalya Kharitonova
- Date Completed:
- 2009
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers
Dates: 1914-1950
Collection Number: XX535
Creator: Pershin, Dimitriĭ Petrovich.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Russian
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Related Materials
Baron Roman Fedorovich Ungern-Shternberg miscellaneous writings, Hoover
Institution Archives
N. M. Riabukhin typescript: The story of Baron Ungern-Shternberg, Hoover
Institution Archives
Sergei Lavrov holograph: Sobytiia v Mongolii-Khalkhie, 1920-1921 godakh:
voenno-istoricheskii ocherk-vospominaniia, Hoover Institution Archives
N. N. Kniazev typescript: The legendary baron: from reminiscences about
Lieutenant-General Baron Ungern, Hoover Institution Archives
Boris N. Volkov papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Elena Varneck papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Biographical/Historical Note
Dmitrii 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, with some correspondence and small amount of biographical material. Among
his writings is the memoir Baron Ungern,
Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go
Veka
, a novel is 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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ungern-Shternberg, Roman Fedorovich, Baron, 1887-1921.
Russians--East Asia.
Mongolia--History.
Mongolia--History.
Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Biographical file,
1914-1930
Scope and Content Note
Includes certificates of Mongolian government awards, a travel document, and son Oleg Dmitrievich Pershin's residential permits.
Box: 1
Correspondence,
1927-1935.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Belorukova, IU.,
1933-1935
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
Pershin, O. D. (son),
1929-1931
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Pershin, Z. (wife),
1930-1936
Box/Folder: 1 : 18
Vasiliev-Dubrovsky, A. N.,
1932
Box/Folder: 1-3
Writings,
1914-1950
Scope and Content Note
Consists of articles and memoirs including notes, research papers, holographs, and typescripts. Arranged alphabetically by
title.
Box/Folder: 1 : 21-25
Untitled holographs,
circa 1920
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-4
"Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak. Zapiski ochevidtsa o smutnom vremeni vo vneshneĭ (Khalkhaskoĭ) Mongolii v pervoĭ treti
XX-go veka,"
circa 1930.
Scope and Content Note
Includes holograph, typescript, and English translation by Elena Varneck, 1950
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
"IUzhnaia (Vnutrenniaia) Mongoliia," holograph,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Iz Irkutska v Tunkinskii krai (iz dorozhnykh ocherkov), clippings,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
"Iz istorii buddizma," holograph,
circa 1920
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Koe-chto o chae, clippings,
1931
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Komintern i Mongoliia, clipping,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
"Kulinarnyi etud," holograph,
circa 1920
Box/Folder: 3 : 6-7
"Nabroski i zametki o Severnom Kitae i oboikh Mongoliiakh," holograph,
circa 1920
Box/Folder: 3 : 8
"Po Mongolii," holograph,
1914
Box/Folder: 3 : 9
Po Zabaikal'iu, clippings,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 3 : 10
Tibetskie Dalai-lamy, clippings,
1931
