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Title: Krymskoe Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo records
Date (inclusive): 1918-1920
Collection Number: XX320
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Krymskoe Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo records consist of administrative files of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Internal Affairs concerning the relations of the Crimean Regional
Government and the Constitutional Democratic Party with the Russian Volunteer Army and with the Allies.
Creator:
Krymskoe kraevoe pravitel'stvo (1918-1919)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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[Identification of item], Krymskoe Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Historical Note
Krymskoe Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo (Crimean Regional Government) refers to two regimes in the Crimean Peninsula during the years
1918 and 1919. After the Russian October Revolution in 1917, an ethnic Tatar government proclaimed the Crimean People's Republic.
The first Crimean Regional Government was established on 25 June 1918 under German protection with Lipka Tatar General Maciej
(Suleyman) Sulkiewicz as prime minister and minister of interior and military affairs.
After the withdrawal of German troops from Crimea, Sulkiewicz was succeeded by Crimean Karaite politician and former Kadet
member Solomon Krym. This liberal, anti-Bolshevik regime included fellow former Kadet member Maxim Vinaver as foreign minister
and Vladimir D. Nabokov as minister of justice. The collapse of the World War I Central Powers and the withdrawal of the Allies
had made Crimea fully dependent on Russia again. The Crimean Regional Government began to crumble in early 1919.
On 2 April 1919, the Soviet Red Army occupied Simferopol and the second Crimean Regional Government was dissolved. The Crimean
Socialist Soviet Republic was then established only to be retaken by White forces in June 1919. The Whites, under Anton Denikin
and later Petr Wrangel, held Crimea until November 1920.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Krymskoe Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo records consist of administrative files of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister of Justice Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, the father of Russian-American
writer Vladimir Nabokov. The records include government reports, manuals, and other publications; news dispatches; clippings;
and correspondence relating to activities of the Crimean Regional Government, as well as decisions concerning relations of
the Constitutional Democratic Party with the Russian Volunteer Army and with the Allies.
Arrangement Statement
All series, organizational hierarchies, and folders maintain their original order and title when possible. Handwritten notes
by collector found in various folders also detail the scope of the material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Ukraine -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920)
Crimea (Ukraine) -- History
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