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Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement Statement
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May not be published without written permission of Tinatine Taneyew or her executor.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