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  • Title: Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneev papers
    Date (inclusive): 1850-1998
    Collection Number: 80009
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Russian and English
    Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box (3.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Sergei Taneev was a Captain in the Russian Imperial army, and was married to Tinatine Djordjadze. The collection contains correspondence, notes, government documents, certificates, printed matter, photographs, and books, relating to the Russian Imperial army and Russian émigrélife. It also includes papers of the father and grandfather of S. A. Taneev, both tsarist government officials.
    Creator: Taneev, Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich, 1887-1975
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    May not be published without written permission of Tinatine Taneyew or her executor. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Sergei Taneev was a Captain in the Russian Imperial army, and was married to Tinatine Djordjadze. Taneev's sister, Anna (married surname Vyrubova) was a lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Fedorovna and one of her closest confidantes.

    Chronology

    1887 February 19 Born St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
    1910 May 15 Graduates from University of St. Petersburg
    1910 June 12 Begins service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
    1912 August 26 Appointed master of ceremonies of the Imperial Court
    1914 July 20 Called to active military service with the 9th Army
    1915 October 17 Promoted to the rank of poruchik (cavalry second lieutenant)
    1916 February 21 Named first lieutenant of cavalry
    1916 November 2 – 1917 January Received accelerated officer training at the Imperial Alexander Military Academy
    1917 February 5 Married Princess Tinatina Il'inichna Djordjadze in Petrograd, Russia
    1918 February 28 Transferred to the reserve of the 9th Army
    1918 Birth of daughter Nina
    1919 Liaison officer with British forces in the Trans-Caucasus
    1919 December – 1923 December Worked as an accountant, bookkeeper and secretary for a trading company and refugee relief organizations in Constantinople, Turkey
    1924 November 2 Arrived in the United States with wife and daughter
    1924 December 23 Death of daughter Nina
    1925-1959 Employed by Marine Midland Trust Co. and other banks
    1975 February 1 Died, New York, NY
    1987 July 23 Death of Tinatina Taneev

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneev papers consist of biographical documents, correspondence, memoirs, other writings, photographs and printed matter relate to the Russian Imperial army and Russian émigré life.
    Papers of other members of the Taneev family include the manuscript of memoirs written by Sergei Taneev's sister Anna Vyrubova subsequent to the publication of her Memoirs of the Russian Court in 1923 and the photographs she took of members of the Romanov family.

    Arrangement Statement

    The collection is organized into ten series: Biographical file, correspondence, diary, writings, family file, subject file, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and oversize file.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Russia -- Emigration and immigration
    Officers
    Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917
    Russia. Armii͡a