Register of the Vrangel' family papers
Processed by Natasha Porfirenko, revised by Lora Soroka
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
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Register of the Vrangel' family papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Natasha Porfirenko, revised by Lora Soroka
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Jessica Lemieux and Lora Soroka
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Vrangel' family papers
Dates: 1849-2003
Collection number: 95012
Creator:
Vrangel' family
Collection Size:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Russian and English
Administrative Information
Access
Microfilm use only.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vrangel' family papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1995
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 the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1914-1918-Russia
Refugees
Russia. Armiia--Officers
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
Russia--Emigration and immigration
Vrangel', Petr Nikolaevich, baron, 1878-1928.
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 Archives
Baronessa Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel' collection, 1915-1944, Hoover Institution Archives
Collection Contents
Box: 1-5
Family file,
1908-2003.
Physical Description: 5 boxes
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters, service records, personal papers, articles, and obituaries relating to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2
Family history,
undated
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Scope and Content 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/Folder: 1 : 3
Children's drawing,
undated
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
Fairy tale and nursery rhymes, holograph (in Russian) by Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel',
undated
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Service record
1921 December 29
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Order of the day,
1916 January 27
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel' (wife)
Box/Folder: 1 : 7-8
1908-1914
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
1914-1915
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
1914-1917
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
1915-1916
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Letters from the Army (after the Revolution),
1917.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Scope and Content Note
Includes typescripts of the letters.
Box/Folder: 1 : 13
Civil War,
1919-1921
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Emigration
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 14
1921-1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 1
Box/Folder: 1 : 15
circa 1923
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 1 : 16
1923-1924
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 1 : 17
1926
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 1
1927
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 2-3
1927-1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Princess Mariia Vladimorovna,
1918-1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel'.
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Boris Alekseevich regarding Russian Army in Constantinople,
1921 May 13
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Publications devoted to the last Russian Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel',
1928-2003
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Clippings
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
Bound,
1953-1978
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
Loose,
1960-2003
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Newspapers and magazines
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
1929
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
1957
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
1971.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles commemorating departure of the White Army from the Crimea.
Box/Folder: 2 : 12
1979
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 13
1980
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 14
1981
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 15
1982
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 16
1993
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 17
1998
Note
Available on microfilm reel 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 18
Thirtieth,
1958
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Box/Folder: 2 : 19
Fortieth,
1968
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Box/Folder: 2 : 20
Fiftieth,
1978
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Obituaries and letters and telegrams of condolence on the death of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel',
1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Box/Folder: 3 : 1-2
General
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Volume 1 (Russian correspondents)
Note
Available on microfilm reel 3
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Volume 2 (Foreign correspondents)
Note
Available on microfilm reel 4
Clippings (bound)
Note
Available on microfilm reel 4
Box/Folder: 4 : 1
Russian newspapers and magazines,
1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 4
Box/Folder: 10 : 1
Rossiia, newspaper,
1928 May 5
Note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Box/Folder: 4 : 2
Foreign media,
1928
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 4 : 3
Près de la tombe, musique de Th. Evsevsky, symphony devoted to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel',
1928.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Content Note
Includes marches of Kirasir and Sumy Regiments.
Box: 5
Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel', wife of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' (1885-1968),
1908-1968
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 1
Marriage certificate of Petr Vrangel' and O'lga Ivanenko,
1908 October 1
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 2
Passports
1918-1946
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 3
Certificates and travel documents (as a wife of the Commander in Chief of the Russian Army),
1912-1919
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Correspondence
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 4
General,
1917-1923
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 5
Family,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from her daughters Natal'ia and Elena.
Box/Folder: 5 : 6
Obituaries and letters of condolence,
1968
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 10 : 2
"Fears for Finland Future," interview with Baroness Vrangel in the
Detroit News,
1940 February 11
Note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Box: 5 : 7
Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel', 1857-1944 (mother of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'). Letter to her granddaughter Natal'ia ,
undated
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', son of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' (1922-2005),
1922-2004
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Personal documents and service papers
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 8
Birth certificate,
1922 July 7
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 9
Mein Stammbuch Vrangel' family genealogy compiled by Alexis Vrangel',
1936.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Content Note
In German.
Box/Folder: 5 : 10
Marriage certificates
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 11
Certificate of naturalization, United States of America,
1948 December 13
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 12
Diplomas
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 13
Letter of recommendation, Headquarters, Continental Air Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York,
1955
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 14
Correspondence,
1958-2004
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 15
Publishing file,
1961-1987
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Scope and Content Note
Includes letter from A. Shcherbatov regarding the Smolensk GPU Archive .
Box: 5
Photographs,
1912-1929.
Physical Description: 7 folders
Scope and Content Note
Prints depicting Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' during the Russian Civil War and in exile. Many prints depict his burial in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder: 5 : 18
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel',
undated.
Physical Description: 2 photographs
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' as Horse Guards officer, Saint Petersburg, Russia,
1912
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 19
Parade in Tsaritsyn (Southern Russia) with General Denikin, Civil War,
1919
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with his wife, Constantinople,
1921.
Physical Description: 2 prints
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 19
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with cadets in Yugoslavia,
1922.
Physical Description: 2 prints
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 20
General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' in Zemun, Yugoslavia,
1922 March 19.
Physical Description: 1 album
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 21
Russian Army in the Balkans,
1922-1923.
Physical Description: 1 postcard album
Note
Available on microfilm reel 5
Box/Folder: 5 : 22
Russian Army in exile (everyday activities),
1925.
Physical Description: 1 album
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Box/Folder: 5 : 23
Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', burial in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
1929.
Physical Description: 29 prints
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Box/Folder: 10 : 3
Ninth Siberian Battalion, Ura-Tiub,
1870 August.
Physical Description: 1 print
Note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Box: 6-9
Military archive
1914
Physical Description: 4 boxes
Box/Folder: 6 : 1
Polki Imperatorgkoi konnitsy, bound manuscript
circa 1914.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Scope and Content Note
Includes verses.
Box/Folder: 6 : 2
Polki Imperatorgkoi kavalerii, holograph lists,
undated
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Box: 6-9
Shatilov, P. N., General, memoirs,
undated.
Box: 6 : 3-5
Volumes 1-3,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
Box: 7 : 1-4
Volumes 4-6,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reels 7 and 8
Box: 8 : 1-5
Volumes 7-11,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reels 8 and 9
Box: 9 : 1-2
Volumes 12-13,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 9
Scope and Content Note
Includes content summary
Box: 9 : 3
Sbornik Rossiiskoi voennoi poezii, izdanie obshche-kadetskogo ob'edineniia, Paris,
1957
Note
Available on microfilm reel 9
Box: 9
Katkov family file
1854-1910
Physical Description: 2 files
Note
Available on microfilm reels 9 and 10
Box/Folder: 9 : 4
Letters, memoranda, and essays by M. N. Katkov, copied by his daughter, N. M. Ivanenko,
undated.
Note
Available on microfilm reel 10
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript
Box/Folder: 6 : 2
Correspondence relating to the Katkov family,
1849-1910
Note
Available on microfilm reel 6
