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Title: Ryszard Wraga papers
Date (inclusive): 1947-1959
Collection Number: XX407
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian, Polish, French, German and English
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, memoranda, and other writings, relating to post-World War II politics in the Soviet Union and Poland, American and
Soviet intelligence and propaganda activities, and activities of Russian and Ukrainian emigre groups. Many of the documents
were prepared for the French intelligence service
Creator:
Wraga, Ryszard, 1902-1968
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Ryszard Wraga Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1902, July 25 | Degree in law; graduate work in geography and philosophy, University of Warsaw |
| Born Jerzy Antoni Niezbrzycki in Niemirov, Ukraine | |
| 1927-1930 | Polish diplomatic service, Moscow and Kiev |
| 1931-1939 | Director of Eastern Section of Polish military intelligence; member, faculty of Polish Military Academy and Institute of Journalism |
| 1939-1945 | Serves with Polish armed forces in Poland and the West |
| 1945-1949 | Resides in London; lectures at Polish Institute of Eastern Affairs and Free Polish University; becomes British subject and changes name to Ryszard Wraga |
| 1949-1958 | Resides in Paris; acts as consultant on Soviet Affairs to French Foreign Office Research Department |
| 1958 | Emigrates to the U.S.; works at Library of Congress |
| 1963-1967 | Research Associate at Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| 1968, January 30 | Dies, Leesburg, Virginia |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Ukraine -- History
Ukraine -- Emigration and immigration
Propaganda
Espionage