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Title: Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings
Dates: 1917-1962
Collection Number: XX738
Creator: Markov, Anatoliĭ L'vovich, b. 1893
Collection Size:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection consists of memoirs and other writings relating to Russian military operations in World War I and the Russian
Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet agents
in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. military operations in World War I and
the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet
agents in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Russian
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives between 1983 and 2000.
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.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
A portion of the collection is available on microfilm.
Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskiĭ papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov papers, 1933-1963, Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Bakhmeteef Archives
| 1893 | Born, Kurskaia guberniia, Russia |
| 1913 | Graduated from the Voronezh Cadet Corps and Nicholas Cavalry School |
| 1914-1915 | Served in World War I and was wounded |
| 1920-1951 | Immigrated to Egypt, assigned to a major post in the police in Alexandria |
| 1950 | Author of Monasteries in the Desert |
| 1952 | Retired and moved to the U.S.; author of Events in Egypt |
| 1961 | Author of The Cadets and Cadets; died in San Francisco |
Scope and Content of Collection
Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov was a Russian writer, author of numerous articles, memoirs, short stories, and historical essays.
He also wrote under the pseudonym Sharki.
The collection consists of Markov's writings from all periods of his life relating to Russian military operations in World
War I and the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants),
Soviet agents in Egypt and the police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. The articles contain
information about life in the Russian colony in Egypt and history of the region as a whole, as well as about the Eastern Orthodox
Church.
The writings include seven titled scrapbooks containing clippings on the White movement from Russian émigré periodicals published
in the United States from 1956 to 1959, émigré memoirs compiled by A. Markov, as well as his published memoirs
Rodnye Gnezda.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Anti-communist movements--Soviet Union.
Subversive activities--Egypt.
Secret service--Egypt.
Police--Egypt.
Communism--Egypt.
Espionage, Russian--Egypt.
World War, 1914-1918--Russia.
Soviet Union--Biography.
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
Russia--Emigration and immigration.