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Title: A. (Andrei) Siniavskii papers,
Date (inclusive): 1916-1998
Collection number: 98054
Creator:
Siniavskii, A. (Andrei), 1925-1997
Extent:
130 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(55.1 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, diaries, correspondence, interrogation and trial records, printed matter, sound recordings, photographs, and memorabilia,
relating to Russian literature, civil rights in the Soviet Union, political trials and conditions of political prisoners in
the Soviet
Union, and Russian émigré affairs. Includes records of the Russian-language Paris journal
Sintaksis, published and edited by A. Siniavskii.
Language:
Russian.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], A. (Andrei) Siniavskii papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1998.
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.
| 1925 | Born, Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| 1941-1945 | Graduates from the Moscow Aviation School and serves as an airfield radio technician |
| 1946-1952 | Studies at Moscow University |
| Receives doctorate in literature | |
| 1952-1965 | Teaches literature at the Gorkii Institute of World Literature, Moscow University, and the Moscow Art Theater |
| Co-author of books on Russian poetry, author of articles in Novyi mir, and of an introduction to Boris Pasternak: Stikhotvoreniia i poemy | |
| Author of essay On Socialist Realism and creative writings, published abroad under the pseudonym of Abram Terts | |
| 1965 | Arrested for dissemination of anti-Soviet propaganda. Imprisoned in Lubianka and Lefortovo prisons. Sentenced to seven years of hard labor |
| 1966-1971 | Serves part of sentence in Potma (Mordovia) labor camps |
| Is released early and returns to Moscow | |
| 1973 | Emigrates to Paris, France |
| 1973-1975 | Author, under the pseudonym of Abram Terts, of Golos iz khora, Progulki s Pushkinym, and V teni Gogolia |
| 1978 | With Mariia Rozanova, begins publication of the journal Sintaksis |
| 1980 | Author, under the pseudonym of Abram Terts, of Kroshka Tsores |
| 1982 | Author, "Opavshie list'ia" V. V. Rozanova |
| 1984 | Author, under the pseudonym of Abram Terts, of Spokoinoi nochi |
| 1988 | Author, Sovetskaia tsivilizatsiia |
| 1991 | Author, Ivan-durak: Ocherk russkoi narodnoi very |
| 1996 | Dies, Paris, France |
The Andrei Siniavskii papers consist of material related to the life and work of the Russian writer and political activist
Andrei Siniavskii, both in Russia and abroad, from the 1930's to 1997.
The collection includes a wealth of biographical material related to his family and childhood, found in the series related
to his parents, Donat Siniavskii and Evdokiia-Torkhova-Siniavskaia. Of special interest, here, are the diaries of his mother,
which include descriptions of his childhood and childhood drawings. The biographical file further includes documentary material
related to the trial of Andrei Siniavskii and Iulii Daniel, as well as reports in the Western press about his arrest, trial
and exile to France.
A major part of the collection consists of Siniavskii's scholarly work and creative writing, found in the speeches and writings
series, including preparatory material, drafts and printed copies of writings on scholarly, political and cultural subjects,
as well as creative writing under the pseudonym of Abram Terts. Also of interest is material related to his political activity,
especially as seen through the eyes of the Western media, including newspaper interviews and radio programs.
Finally, the collection as a whole reflects the political and cultural life of the post-Soviet emigration (1970's-1980's).
Of special interest in this respect is the
Sintaksis file, which reflects the development of one particular trend within the former dissident movement.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Political crimes and offenses--Soviet Union.
Political prisoners--Soviet Union.
Russians in foreign countries.
Dissenters--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Russian literature.
Civil rights--Soviet Union.
Sintaksis.