Register of the Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers
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A Register of the Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Jill Golden
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun and Supriya Wronkiewicz.
© 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers
Dates: 1948-1996
Collection Number: 2000C29
Creator: Krasil'nikov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, 1933-1996.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The Krasil'nikov papers are comprised of poems, correspondence, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs relating
to political dissent in the Soviet Union, conditions in forced labor camps, Russian literature, and Russian-Latvian cultural
relations.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Russian
Latvian
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2000.
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 Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical Note
| 1933 |
Born, Orsha, Belarus (Soviet Union) |
| 1948 |
Moved with family to Riga |
| 1951 |
Entered Leningrad State University |
| 1956 |
Arrested and convicted for anti-Soviet activities after participating in a Leningrad demonstration |
| 1957-1960 |
Prisoner, gulag camp in Mordoviia |
| 1960 |
Released from camp. Returned to Riga, Latvia |
| 1960-1996 |
Worked as a tour guide and writer in Riga, Latvia |
| 1996 |
Died, Riga, Latvia |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document the life of the poet from his university days to his death in 1996. Much of the collection relates to
Krasil'nikov's arrest for anti-Soviet political activities and his imprisonment in the gulag from 1957 to 1960. Arrest records,
notebooks, photographs and correspondence cover this period of Krasil'nikov's life and are included in the
Personal File.
The
Correspondence File consists of personal letters received by Krasil'nikov. During his time in the gulag, Krasil'nikov corresponded with family
and other writers from his circle, such as Mikhail Eremin, Vladimir Ufliand and Leonid Vinogradov.
The bulk of the collection, which is included in the
Writings and
Writings by Others series, consists of poetry from the 1950s-1970s by Krasil'nikov and other authors, particularly Aleksandr Mikhailovich Kondratov
and Vladimir Ufliand. The Writings by Others series also includes samizdat and newspaper articles on Russian and Soviet literature
collected by Krasil'nikov.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Civil rights -- Soviet Union.
Russian literature.
Dissenters -- Soviet Union.
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation) -- Civilization
Latvia -- Civilization
Collection Contents
Box: 1
Personal File
1948-1996
Scope and Content Note
Includes identification documents, school and medical evaluations, photographs of Krasil'nikov and members of his circle,
arrest records and notebooks from his imprisonment in the gulag. A career file also includes tourism articles written by the
author as well as concert and exhibition programs.
Box/Folder: 1:1
Education records,
1948-1961
Box/Folder: 1:2
Identification documents,
1951-1969
Box/Folders: 1:3-4
Notebooks,
1951-1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes notebooks kept during his imprisonment
Box/Folder: 1:6
Medical and work records,
1953-1987
Box/Folder: 1:7
Arrest and imprisonment file,
1957-1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes search warrants, correspondence with the prosecutor and release records
Box/Folder: 1:8
Clippings,
1957
Scope and Content Note
Contains articles from camp newspaper,
Za otlichnyi trud
Box/Folder: 1:9
Tour guide career file,
circa 1960s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Includes tourism articles written by Krasil'nikov
Box/Folder: 1:10
Programs,
circa 1960s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Includes concert and exhibition programs in Riga and elsewhere
Box: 1-2
Correspondence
1957-1979
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters of a personal nature, primarily those received by Krasil'nikov while in prison. Arranged alphabetically by
name of the correspondent.
Box/Folder: 1:11
Gerasimov, Vladimir,
1958
Box/Folder: 1:12
Katerinich, Valentina,
1957-1960
Box/Folder: 1:13
Krasil'nikov family,
1957-1960
Box/Folder: 1:13
Krivoshein, Igor Aleksandrovich,
1961-1965
Box/Folder: 1:13
Kuple, Sergei and Natal?ia,
1958
Box/Folder: 1:14
Losev, Lev (Lev Lifshits)
1957
Box/Folder: 1:14
Mikhailov, Iurii and Alla,
1957
Box/Folder: 1:14
Polovnikov, Boris Grigor'evich,
1957
Box/Folder: 2:1
Riabinina, Kira,
1957-1961
Box/Folder: 2:2
Tsimbal, Irina,
1957-1958
Box/Folder: 2:3
Ufliand, Vladimir,
circa 1950s-1960s
Box/Folder: 2:3
Vinogradov, Leonid and Natal'ia,
1957-1958
Box/Folder: 2:4
Unattributed,
1958-1979
Scope and Content Note
Arranged by year
Box: 2
Writings
1957-1963
Scope and Content Note
Consists of poems written by Krasil'nikov. Arranged chronologically.
Box: 2-3
Writings by Others
1952-1981
Scope and Content Note
Contains manuscripts and typescripts by other authors in Krasil'nikov's circle. The bulk of the series consists of poems by
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Kondratov. This series also includes samizdat materials and newspaper articles on Russian literature
clipped by Krasil'nikov. Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box/Folder: 2:6
Chertkov, L.,
Nerastankino, typescript,
1958-1962
Box/Folder: 2:6
Eremin, Mikhail, [poems], typescript,
undated,
Box/Folder: 2:6
Goliavkin, A., short stories,
undated,
Box 2-3:
Kondratov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich, poems,
1952-1981
Box/Folder: 2:7
Gor'kie maksimki,
undated
Box/Folder: 2:7
I t.d., transcript,
1959-1976
Box/Folder: 2:8
Kashchei: roman v stikhakh,
1975
Box/Folder: 2:8
Komy na Rusi zhit' khorosho?,
undated
Box/Folder: 2:9
Liricheskii dnevnik,
1952-1967
Box/Folder: 2:9
Ob etom bestiarii, undated
Box/Folder: 3:3
Stikhi tekh let, typescript,
undated
Box/Folder: 3:4
Tam za stenoi, typescript,
1952-1958
Box/Folder: 3:5
Miscellaneous poems,
undated
Box/Folder: 3:5
School notebook,
1956 February 20 - 1956 June 6
Box/Folder: 3:5
Chto zhe takoe ioga?
Nauka i religiiaarticle,
1975
Box/Folder: 3:6
Kuple, Sergei, poems,
undated,
Box/Folder: 3:7
Lesopravskii, Iurii,
Sosny rastut v zone,
circa 1965
Box/Folder: 3:8
Mikhailov, Iurii, Notebook,
circa 1950s-1960s
Box/Folder: 3:9
Ufliand, Vladimir,
undated
Box/Folder: 3:9
Unattributed miscellaneous poems,
undated
Box/Folder: 3:10
Samizdat,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes typescripts of Joseph Brodsky, Viacheslav Ivanov, Osip Mandel'shtam, Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Nikolai
Zabolotskii
Box/Folder: 3:11
Clippings on Russian literature,
1950s-1980s and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles on Russian literature
