Register of the R. V. Polchaninov papers
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: R. V. Polchaninov papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-2010
Collection Number: 2001C14
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 microfilm reel
(0.35 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Polchaninov, R. V.
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001
[Identification of item], R. V. Polchaninov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
| 1919 January 27 | Born, Novocherkassk, Russia |
| 1920 | Evacuated to Yugoslavia |
| 1922-1942 | Resident of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
| 1931 | Joins Russian Boy Scouts |
| 1943 | Marries Vlaentina Petrovna Naumova while working in Pskov Orthodox Mission, Pskov, Russia |
| 1951 | Arrives in the United States |
| 1981 | Commences publishing Letopis' russkikh zarubezhnykh periodicheskikh izdanii |
R. V. Polchaninoff was born on 27 January 1919 in Novocherkassk, Russia, where his father served on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief
of the White Army. He was evacuated with his family from Sevastopol to Constantinople (Istanbul) in November 1920, finally
settling in Yugoslavia. There Polchaninoff finished his schooling and began studies in the law department of the University
of Belgrade.
At the same time, he was active in the scouting movement, joining the Yugoslav Boy-Scouts in 1931, and later the Russian émigré
Boy-Scouts and Sokols. During the Second World War, he was one of the leaders of the Russian underground Scouting movement.
At the end of the war he organized a Russian émigré Boy-Scout unit in Niedersachswerfen (near Nordhausen, Germany) just days
after the U.S. army liberated the town (11 April 1945). He continued this work among both Russian and Yugoslav displaced persons
throughout the immediate post-war years.
In 1951, Polchaninoff settled in the United States, where he continued his scouting work, as well as taught in parochial schools
and worked for Radio Liberty (from 1967 to 1983). He also wrote articles for American and émigré newspapers and journals,
and published books and bulletins, as well as textbooks for parochial schools.
Rostislav V. Polchaninov was a prominent figure in the Russian scouting movement in exile. This collection contains his correspondence,
writings and subject files, mostly connected to the Russian Boy Scouts and collecting Russian stamps.
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
Boy Scouts
Nat͡sional'nai͡a organizat͡sii͡a russkikh razvedchikov
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1941-1999
reel 1
reel 1
CORRESPONDENCE 1948-2000
reel 1
reel 1
WRITINGS 1963-1995
reel 1
reel 1
RUSSIAN BOY SCOUTS FILE 1951-2000
INCREMENTAL MATERIALS