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Title: Nikolai F. Kostriukov papers
Date (inclusive): 1927-1985
Collection Number: 2000C45
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
1 microfilm reel
(0.15 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, promotional materials, and photographs, relating to the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus.
Creator:
Kostri͡ukov, Nikolaĭ F., 1899-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired.
[Identification of item], Nikolai F. Kostriukov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
| 1899 | Born, Tsymlianskaia stanitsa, Don Oblast', Russia |
| 1927 | Established Gen. Platoff Don Cossack Chorus |
| 1943 | Married Apolinariia Petrovna Kostriukova |
N. F. Kostriukov was the long-time conductor of the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus. He was born on 3 December 1898 in
Tsymlianskaia stanitsa in the Don Cossack region. He studied mining engineering in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, but never
graduated because in 1927 he established the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus, with which he toured the world for nearly
half a century. His chorus became almost as well-known as that of Serge Jaroff.
Throughout the 1920s, the chorus toured Europe, and by the early 1930s it began making appearances in South America, Africa,
and Asia. The chorus was based in Prague until 1939, when it moved to the United States. It recorded a number of albums on
the Victor label. Kostriukov died in New York on 9 November 1987.
Nikolai F. Kostriukov was the conductor and director of the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus, and these papers reflect the
history of that chorus, its tours and concerts. Materials include concert programs, reviews, photographs, and correspondence.
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 the 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
Choral societies -- United States
General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus