Register of the Vrangel' family papers
Finding aid prepared by Natasha Porfirenko, revised by Lora Soroka
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Vrangel' family papers
Date (inclusive): 1849-2003
Collection Number: 95012
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Russian
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(6.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Vrangel' family papers include correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian military activities
during World War I, White Russian military activities during the Russian Civil War, and especially to Russian émigré affairs
in the interwar period. Includes obituaries of Petr Vrangel' and letters of condolence following his death. Mainly in Russian.
Creator:
Vrangelʹ, Petr Nikolaevich, Baron, 1878-1928
Creator:
Vrangel' family
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vrangel' family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
A veteran of the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905) and World War I General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' joined the anti-Bolshevik
armies in Southern Russia in late 1917. He was known for many years in Russia as the "black baron" and "the last enemy of
the Soviet Republic", while on the other hand he was honored as "the last knight of the Russian Empire" by his comrades. Vrangel'
was the commander-in-chief of the White Army in the final stage of the Civil War and leader of the White émigré movement.
After the rout in early 1920 of the Denikin forces, Vrangel' succeeded Denikin in command and soon whipped the demoralized
remains of the White Army into shape. He also tried to win popular support with a program for land reform. Vrangel' was successful
for a while on the Crimean front, but after the Russian armistice with Poland in October 1920, the Communists were able to
concentrate larger forces against him. Vrangel' was forced back into the Crimea, and in November 1920, he had to evacuate
his forces to Constantinople. The Russian Civil War thus came to an end. Vrangel' died in exile at Brussels. His children
believed he had been poisoned by the Soviet secret police. He is buried in the Russian Cathedral in Belgrade.
This collection contains personal papers of the members of the Vrangel' family: General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', his
wife Baroness Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel' (including papers relating to her grandfather, conservative Russian journalist Mikhail
Katkov), their son Baron Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', and grandson Baron Petr Petrovich Vrangel', as well as his mother
Baroness Maria Dmitrievna Vrangel', his brother Baron Nikolai Nikolaevich Vrangel', and granddaughter Natal'ia.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Vrangel' family papers include correspondence, photographs, and military papers relating to Russian military activities
during World War I, White Russian military activities during the Russian Civil War, and especially to Russian émigré affairs
in the interwar period and after. They include obituaries of Petr Vrangel' and letters of condolence following his death.
The materials are mainly in Russian.
This collection contains personal papers of the members of the Vrangel' family: Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', his wife Ol'ga
Mikhailovna Vrangel', their son Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', and grandson Petr Petrovich Vrangel', as well as his
mother Baroness Maria Dmitrievna Vrangel', his brother Nikolai Nikolaevich Vrangel', and granddaughter Natal'ia.
A significant part of the collection are the letters from Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' to his wife Ol'ga during his time in the
Army. The original correspondence was sent over an extensive time period; starting in pre-revolutionary times, through the
Russian Revolution and Civil War period, and ending with the emigration. The letters give a unique picture of the dynamic
situation in the Russian Army in exile with information on various people, military units and schools in emigration.
Baroness Olga Mikhailovna Vrangel' worked as a volunteer nurse with the Russian Army during World War I, and after the revolution
headed a group of volunteers who organized a tuberculosis sanitarium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. During the 1930s, while living
in Belgium, she raised funds for the support and education of young Russian refugees. She later came to the United States,
where she died in 1968. Olga Mikhailovna served as chairman of the Ladies Welfare Committee at Our Lady of Kazan Russian Orthodox
Church in Long Island. Her papers include personal documents and correspondence.
The papers of Baron Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel' contain materials on their family genealogy, correspondence, and a
memoirs relating to the Russian Civil War and his grandfather Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'.
The increment received in 2009 contains material relating to conservative Russian journalist Mikhail Katkov, grandfather of
Olga Vrangel.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into four series: Family file, Photographs, Mlitary Archive, and Katkov Family file.
Related Material
There are two additional Vrangel' collections in the Hoover Institution. One originates with General Baron Petr Nikolaevich
Vrangel' and another with Baroness Maria D. Vrangel'.
Vrangel' collection, 1916-1929, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Baronessa Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel' collection, 1915-1944, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
Refugees
Russia. Armii͡a
Family file
1908-2003.
General Physical Description note: 5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters, service records, personal papers, articles, and obituaries relating to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1-2
Family history
undated
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, astrological chart, the book
Geschichte der Wrangel zur dänischen und Ordenszeit, and an edict of the Most Holy Synod of Russia (photocopy)
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' (1878-1928)
1908-2003
box 1, folder 3
Children's drawing
undated
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 4
Fairy tale and nursery rhymes, holograph (in Russian) by Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'
undated
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 5
Service record
1921 December 29
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 6
Order of the day
1916 January 27
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel' (wife)
box 1, folder 7-8
1908-1914
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 9
1914-1915
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 10
1914-1917
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 11
1915-1916
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 12
Letters from the Army (after the Revolution)
1917.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Scope and Contents note
Includes typescripts of the letters.
box 1, folder 13
Civil War
1919-1921
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Emigration
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 14
1921-1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 1
box 1, folder 15
circa 1923
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 1, folder 16
1923-1924
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 1, folder 17
1926
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 1
1927
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 2-3
1927-1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 4
Princess Mariia Vladimorovna
1918-1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel'.
box 2, folder 5
Boris Alekseevich regarding Russian Army in Constantinople
1921 May 13
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Publications devoted to the last Russian Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'
1928-2003
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Clippings
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 6
Bound
1953-1978
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 7
Loose
1960-2003
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Newspapers and magazines
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 8
1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 9
1929
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 10
1957
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 11
1971.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles commemorating departure of the White Army from the Crimea.
box 2, folder 12
1979
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 13
1980
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 14
1981
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 15
1982
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 16
1993
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 17
1998
General note
Available on microfilm reel 2
box 2, folder 18
Thirtieth
1958
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
box 2, folder 19
Fortieth
1968
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
box 2, folder 20
Fiftieth
1978
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Obituaries and letters and telegrams of condolence on the death of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'
1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
box 3, folder 1-2
General
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
box 3, folder 3
Volume 1 (Russian correspondents)
General note
Available on microfilm reel 3
box 3, folder 4
Volume 2 (Foreign correspondents)
General note
Available on microfilm reel 4
Clippings (bound)
General note
Available on microfilm reel 4
box 4, folder 1
Russian newspapers and magazines
1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 4
box 10, folder 1
Rossiia, newspaper
1928 May 5
General note
Available on microfilm reel 10
box 4, folder 2
Foreign media
1928
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 4, folder 3
Près de la tombe, musique de Th. Evsevsky, symphony devoted to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'
1928.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Contents note
Includes marches of Kirasir and Sumy Regiments.
Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel', wife of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' (1885-1968)
1908-1968
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 1
Marriage certificate of Petr Vrangel' and O'lga Ivanenko
1908 October 1
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 2
Passports
1918-1946
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 3
Certificates and travel documents (as a wife of the Commander in Chief of the Russian Army)
1912-1919
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Correspondence
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 4
General
1917-1923
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 5
Family
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from her daughters Natal'ia and Elena.
box 5, folder 6
Obituaries and letters of condolence
1968
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 10, folder 2
"Fears for Finland Future," interview with Baroness Vrangel in the
Detroit News
1940 February 11
General note
Available on microfilm reel 10
box 5, folder 7
Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel', 1857-1944 (mother of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'). Letter to her granddaughter Natal'ia
undated
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', son of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' (1922-2005)
1922-2004
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Personal documents and service papers
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 8
Birth certificate
1922 July 7
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 9
Mein Stammbuch Vrangel' family genealogy compiled by Alexis Vrangel'
1936.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Contents note
In German.
box 5, folder 10
Marriage certificates
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 11
Certificate of naturalization, United States of America
1948 December 13
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 12
Diplomas
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 13
Letter of recommendation, Headquarters, Continental Air Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York
1955
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 14
Correspondence
1958-2004
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 15
Publishing file
1961-1987
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from A. Shcherbatov regarding the Smolensk GPU Archive .
Photographs
1912-1929.
Physical Description: 7.0 folders
Scope and Contents note
Prints depicting Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' during the Russian Civil War and in exile. Many prints depict his burial in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
box 5, folder 18
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'
undated.
Physical Description: 2.0 photographs
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' as Horse Guards officer, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1912
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 19
Parade in Tsaritsyn (Southern Russia) with General Denikin, Civil War
1919
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with his wife, Constantinople
1921.
Physical Description: 2.0 prints
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with cadets in Yugoslavia
1922.
Physical Description: 2.0 prints
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 20
General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' in Zemun, Yugoslavia
1922 March 19.
Physical Description: 1.0 album
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 21
Russian Army in the Balkans
1922-1923.
Physical Description: 1.0 postcard_album
General note
Available on microfilm reel 5
box 5, folder 22
Russian Army in exile (everyday activities)
1925.
Physical Description: 1.0 album
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
box 5, folder 23
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', burial in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1929.
Physical Description: 29.0 prints
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
box 10, folder 3
Ninth Siberian Battalion, Ura-Tiub
1870 August.
Physical Description: 1.0 print
General note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Military archive
1914
Physical Description: 4.0 boxes
box 6, folder 1
Polki Imperatorgkoi konnitsy, bound manuscript
circa 1914.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Scope and Contents note
Includes verses.
box 6, folder 2
Polki Imperatorgkoi kavalerii, holograph lists
undated
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Shatilov, P. N., General, memoirs
undated.
box 6, folder 3-5
Volumes 1-3
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
box 7, folder 1-4
Volumes 4-6
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reels 7 and 8
box 8, folder 1-5
Volumes 7-11
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reels 8 and 9
box 9, folder 1-2
Volumes 12-13
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 9
Scope and Contents note
Includes content summary
box 9, folder 3
Sbornik Rossiiskoi voennoi poezii, izdanie obshche-kadetskogo ob'edineniia, Paris
1957
General note
Available on microfilm reel 9
Katkov family file
1854-1910
Physical Description: 2.0 Files
General note
Available on microfilm reels 9 and 10
box 9, folder 4
Letters, memoranda, and essays by M. N. Katkov, copied by his daughter, N. M. Ivanenko
undated.
General note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Scope and Contents note
Bound manuscript
box 6, folder 2
Correspondence relating to the Katkov family
1849-1910
General note
Available on microfilm reel 6
2022 Incremental Materials
box 11
One letter in Russian in a folder titled in English "Tragic love"