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Title: Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1968
Collection number: 2000C86
Creator:
Nikolaev, K. N. (Konstantin Nikolaevich), 1884-1965
Extent:
7 microfilm reels.
((1 linear foot)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, and printed matter, relating to Russian émigré lawyers in the United States, and to
resettlement of Russian refugees in the United States.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
Russian.
Collection is open for research.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by Hoover Institution Archives in 2003 and 2008
In part, Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
In part, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
| 1884, April 12 | Born, Kiev, Russia |
| 1905 | Graduated, Iiuridicheskii fakul'tet Imperatorskogo Kievskogo universiteta Sv. Vladimira |
| 1911-1918 | Attorney in Kiev, Russia |
| 1920 May | Arrived in Warsaw, Poland |
| 1926-1933 | Legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland |
| 1927 | Author, Sud prisiazhnykh v Rossii (1864-1917) |
| Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Sv. Avtokefal'noi Tserkvi v Pol'she | |
| 1931 | Author, Vossoedinenie uniatov s Pravoslavnoi Tser-kov'iu v 1839 g.i Konkordat Rima s Rossiei v 1847 g. |
| 1933-1944 | Lived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1934 | Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi i naroda russkogo v rasseianii sushchego |
| 1946 | Organized the Union of Russian Jurists in Germany |
| 1950 | Author, Vostochnyi obriad |
| Organized the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA, serves as chair | |
| 1965 June 26 | Died, New York, NY |
Scope and Content Note for the Museum of Russian Culture materials
The papers of a leading émigré activist and lawyer, Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev (1884-1965). It includes Nikolaev's correspondence
with other Russian émigrés, and German and American authorities, regarding the resettling of Russian refugees in the United
States following the Second World War, as well as materials relating to two émigré legal organizations directed by Nikolaev.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian
Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the
Hoover Institution Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Scope and Content Note for the Holy Trinity Seminary materials
These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period, where Konstantin Nikolaev
served as legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland, until he was forced into exile to Yugoslavia, where he continued
to be active in the offices of Patriarch Varnava and Metropolitan Anastasii. Nikolaev was a defender of human rights, especially
in regards to the Russian émigrés, which is reflected in this collection, particularly in the Subject File in the papers of
the Union of Russian Jurists. Therefore, these papers reflect his activities on behalf of Russian émigrés at large.
The Correspondence is mainly of a personal nature, however, the Subject File includes detailed correspondence related to Nikolaev's
role as chair of the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA, which was founded by him as a continuation of the Union
of Russian Jurists in Germany, which he also established.
Nikolaev's legal and advocacy activities are also reflected in his Speeches and Writings, which are in part represented in
these papers. Particularly significant in this regard are "Bor'ba russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii za
zhizn' russkikh DP v Germanii," and "Istoriia dieiatel'nosti russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii v okkupatsionnykh
zonakh Germanii po zashchitie zhizni i svobody b. sovietskikh grazhdan pred amerikanskimi vlastiami." Also significant is
his memoir, "Moi zhiznennyi put'," which describes his early life, military career, service in the White Army during the Russian
Civil War, and émigré activities.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity
Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Russians--United States.
Refugees.
International relief.
Russia.
United States.
Lawyers--Russia.
Lawyers--United States.