Container List

Address [1923 December 12], presented to Bel'chenko by the Russian colony of Hankow on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his diplomatic service

Articles and printed information about A. T. Bel'chenko. Includes issues of The Pioneer, 1919 February and Pela Patria, 1940 July 1 (with photograph)

Autobiographical note on service in China (1899-1946). Includes attached copy of service record

Biographical note and resume by A. S. Loukashkin

Carta Patente, certifying Bel'chenko as Portuguese Consul in Hankow, signed by Manuel Gomes, President of the Portuguese Republic, 1924 May 9, and correspondence relating to relinquishing of said post, 1948

Certificate of naturalization (U.S.), 1954 November 11 Correspondence

Family. Letter to his children, 1928. For letter to son, V. A. Beltchenko, 1951 September 10, see SPEECHES AND WRITINGS/"Zhatva mira," [1951]

Glavnaia kantseliariia russkikh emigrantov v g. Parizhe, 1947 September 29

United States. Embassy (France), 1947 October 14

Memoirs ("Zapiski konsula"). Materials set aside for the compilation of Bel'chenko's memoirs. Folder titles reflect arrangement of material by A. S. Loukashkin

"A. T. Bel'chenko, kak vybornyi predstavitel' russkoi kolonii v Khan'kou." Consists of minutes of meeting of General Council of Russian citizens of Hankow, 1927 February 15, and related material

"A. T. Bel'chenko, Sovetnik Kitaiskogo Pravitel'stva v Khan'kou po russkim delam." Includes documents relating to the abolition of Russian Concession in Hankow and its administration by Chinese officials (including photograph of Shen Tze Liang, Chief of Provisional Administrative Bureau), correspondence, regulations, and printed matter, 1922-1925

"Materialy k biografii A. T. Bel'chenko." Includes addresses, clippings and correspondence reflecting Bel'chenko's diplomatic career in China, 1923-1928. Also includes invitations and clippings relating to festivities in honor of the 30th anniversary of Bel'chenko's consular service in China, 1928

"Perepiska, bumagi i dokumenty Andreia Terent'evicha Bel'chenko." Includes diary entries, diplomatic and personal correspondence, materials on Chinese politics and materials on Russians and other foreigners in China, particularly Hankow, 1917-1943

"Russkaia koloniia v Khan'kou." Documents and photographs relating to the establishment and history of the Russian colony in Hankow. Includes correspondence and legal agreements relating to the Kuling and Luling estates near Hankow, 1896-1936

Passport and identity documents (Russian), 1898 December 12-1920 September 20. Includes photograph

Service records, [1917]-1920

Subject file

Attack on Bel'chenko in the consulate by unknown assailants, 1927 March - April. Correspondence

Conflict between Bel'chenko and Japanese military authorities, 1939 March. Correspondence and clipping

Decorations

Correspondence between V. A. Bel'chenko and A. S. Loukashkin relating to A. T. Bel'chenko's medals and decorations. Includes photograph and list of depicted decorations by A. S. Loukashkin, 1962 May 3 - July 15

Decrees, orders and official correspondence relating to decorations conferred on Bel'chenko by the Russian, Chinese, Italian and French governments, 1900 December 14-1927 June 28

Miscellaneous Chinese documents and identity papers, including notice of safe passage issued to Bel'chenko by Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1917-1923

General. Fragments of diary entries, 1916-1925? Includes attached article (clipping) by B. Koliubakin, "Bagdadskaia zheleznaia doroga," Russkii invalid, 1916, as well as group photographs of Bel'chenko with unidentified people and photographs of Chinese architecture

1917 March-April. See SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

1918 January 18 - February 28. Includes clippings on situation in Russia and China from November 1917

1918 May 3 - June 10

1918 July 10 - July 21

1930 September 1 - November 30

1930 December 4-1931 December 14

1931 January 1-1932 January 5

1932 January 6 - May 20

1932 May 21 - October 29

1932 November 1-1933 April 30

1933 May 1 - October 27

1933 October 28-1934 April 14

1934 April 17 - November 17

1934 November 18-1935 July 2

1935 July 3-1936 March 1

1936 March 4-1936 November 17

1936 November 18-1937 February 25

1937 February 26 - October 20

1937 October 22-1938 June 23

1938 June 24-1939 January 10

1939 January 11 - December 31

1940 January 1 - June 1

1940 June 2-1941 January 1

1941 January 2 - December 2

1941 December 2-1942 February 10

1942 February 11 - December 31

1943 January 1 - December 31

1944 January 1-1944 December 9. Includes entries and clippings from 1943

1944 December 10-1945 October 30. See OVERSIZE FILE

1945 October 30-1946 June 19

1946 June 20 - December 20

1946 December 21-1947 February 3

1947 February 4 - November 21

General

Unidentified [Egor Antonovich], 1930

Boldyrev, V., 1920

Grosse, Viktor Fedorovich, 1920-1921

Gutman [Gan], A., 1920

Ivanov, N. A., 1925-1926

Korostovets, I. Ia., 1922

Liubimova, N., 1937

Melnikoff, D. M., 1938

Metsler, K. [Metzler, Charles], 1916

Mills, E., 1929

Noskoff, Constantin, n.d.

Shang S. S., 1922

Sihvonen, E. 1921. Includes letter from M. Meedar, 1920

Soiuz Vostochnikov, Kharbinskii Otdel, 1918. Includes clipping about K. V. Lovtsov, 1935

Ter-Oganesov, S., 1930-1932

Uvarov, Boris Grigor'evich, 1941

Vaskevich, Pavel Iur'evich, 1957

Miscellaneous undated fragments of correspondence, possibly from V. O. von Klemm and B. V. Ostroumov

General

General

Clippings of newspaper articles, mainly from Russkaia zhizn', 1947-1949. Includes background materials and notes

Fragments. Articles, 1948, and correspondence relating to their publication

Materials assembled by A. S. Loukashkin

"Andrei Terent'evich Bel'chenko: Ego gazetnye i zhurnalnye stat'i," 1912-1950. Consists mainly of clippings of Bel'chenko's articles from various newspapers, some drafts and background material, correspondence with L. V. Arnol'dov regarding publication in the newspaper Shankhaiskaia zaria, 1942-1943, and with V. A. Maklakov regarding political developments in China, 1939

"Andrei Terent'evich Bel'chenko: Ego stat'i v gazetakh i zhurnalakh," 1921-1950. Consists mainly of clippings of Bel'chenko's articles from various newspapers, some drafts and background materials. Most articles form a series of correspondences entitled "Sobytiia v Khan'kou" or "Pis'mo iz Khan'kou," 1927-1937. Includes correspondence with P. I. Zaitsev regarding their publication in the newspaper Slovo, 1932, and V. F. Zeeler regarding the newspaper Russkaia mysl', 1948-1950

"Istoriia obrazovaniia v Kitae," n.d. Holograph and typescript

"Kak vy mozhete predokhranit' sebia ot vzryva atomnoi bomby," n.d. Typescript

"Kazaki (Istoricheskii ocherk)," n.d. Holograph

"Ocherki po bol'shevizmu v Kitae," n.d. Holograph and typescript

"Taina samoubiistva Ioffe," n.d. See OVERSIZE FILE

"Triumf 'Narodnoi demokratii' na stsene Moskvy," n.d. Typescript. Typed on the back of diary entries for 1917 March-April

"Iz pisem russkogo puteshestvennika," Izvestiia Soveta russkoi kontsessii v Khan'kou, 1918. Printed copy

Speech given on the beginning of construction of a new Russian School in Hankow, 1918 September 12. Typescript. Includes school program

"Zametki o Khubeiskom tsementnom zavode Obshchestva 'Khua-Tszi'," 1918 September 18. Typescript. Includes "L'industrie siderurgique et metallurgique en Chine," n.d. Typescript (possibly also by Bel'chenko or used as background material)

"Chainye plantatsii v Kitae," 1918 September 27. Typescript. Includes photographs

"Poezdka iz Khan'kou v Fuchzhou, glavnyi gorod provintsii Futszian', sukhim putem cherez provintsiiu Tziansi," 1918 December 26. Typescript

Ocherk politicheskoi zhizni Kitaia v 1918 godu, Harbin, 1919. Printed copy

"Ocherk chainoi torgovli v Khan'kou, K'iukiane i Shankhae v 1918 godu," 1919 March 1. Typescript

"Missiia A. A. Ioffe i professor A. I. Ivanov," Sviet, 1922 August 31. Printed copy

Untitled work on Metropolitan Arsenii of Rostov, 1938 January 8. Holograph

"Sovetskie deiateli i inostrantsy," Shankhaiskaia zaria, 1942 August 9-11. Printed copy. Includes typescript entitled "Bol'sheviki i inostrantsy" and correspondence with the editor of Shankhaiskaia zaria, L. V. Arnol'dov

"Pervye russkie v Kitae posle vosstaniia bokserov," 1942 August 19-24. Holograph

"Chto eto - prestuplenie?" [1947]. Holograph

"Naivnost', nevezhestvo ili neponimanie," 1947 August. Typescript

"Vpechatleniia ot russkogo Parizha," Russkaia zhizn', 1947 August 8. Typescript draft and printed copy

"Oni izbrali svobodu," 1947 November 3

"Pervye vpechatleniia ot Ameriki," 1948 February 20. Typescript and correspondence

"Villard Streit - Mikhail Streit - Genri Uolles," 1948 May 5. Typescript

"Genri Uolles i 3-ia politicheskaia partiia v Soedinennykh shtatakh," 1948 July 24. Includes correspondence

"O russkoi pechati v g. Khan'kou." See SUBJECT FILE

"Tridsat' vtoraia godovshchina sovetskoi vlasti," [1949 November]. Typescript and correspondence

"Vneshniaia sovetskaia politika," 1949 November 17-30. Typescript and printed copy

"Zhatva mira," [1951]. Background material and typescript. Reverse side contains letter to son, V. A. Bel'chenko, 1951 September 10

"Moral'noe perevooruzhenie," 1951 October. Typescript and correspondence

"Zhizn' v Ostrogorske, Peterburge, Pekine, Fuchzhou, Khan'kou, 1890-1902 g.g."

"Iuridicheskie formy i izveshcheniia," [c. 1901]-1954

"Zhizn' v Pekine, 1904-1905"

"Zhizn' v Niuchzhuane i Peterburge (1906-1909)"

"Pozdravleniia, priglasheniia i t.p. s 24-go dekabria 1928 g. po konets noiabria 1929 g."

"Razlichnye programmy, priglasheniia I tomu podobnye zametki i zapiski za vremia s noiabria 1929 goda po fevral' 1930 goda vkliuchitel'no"

Untitled, 1938-1941

Untitled, 1945-1952. Consists mainly of bibliographic references, notes and opinions of books relating to Russia and the U.S.S.R.

"Arkhiepiskop Viktor i kharbintsy," 1946 July-1947 July

Lists

General, 1932-1937 (alphabetical list)

"List of White Russians in Hankow," 1939 February 20

Registration forms [1939]

General

A-Z

I-M

N-S

T-Ia

Departed and deceased

A-Ia (without recommendations)

A-Ia

K-S

Registration questionnaires, n.d.

Scrapbooks. Also contain general scrapbook material

1922-1942

1924-1944

1931-1935

Consular reports - Portugal. Reports and drafts of reports to Portuguese Envoy Extraordinaire and Minister Plenipotentiary A. de Bianchi, Portuguese Ministers to China Armando Navarro and Joao de Lebre e Lima and charges d'affaires of the Portuguese Legation. Include clippings, calling cards, invitations and related material appended to reports

Undated fragments

1926 April 4-1937 December 3

1939 January 31-1943 June 21

Correspondence

France. Consulat (Han-k'ou), 1924-1927

Kudashev, Nikolai A., Prince, 1918

Maklakov, Vasilii Alekseevich, 1938-1939

Notebook of citations from Chinese newspapers, 1900 July-August. Also includes notes, quotes, clippings, and bibliographic citations, 1916 and 1949

Notes

General, 1927

On leading Chinese political and military figures, n.d.

Quotes from books on Chinese history and politics

Reports - "Politicheskie sobytiia v Kitae"

1921

1922

[1923] - "Report on the Political Situation in Szechuan for 1923"

1925

1926

1927

1927 January-July. Attached clippings

1927 January-July. Attached clippings

1927 October-December. Attached clippings

1927 October-1928 May. Attached clippings on Hankow and the surrounding region

1928

1928. Attached clippings

1928 May-1929 March. Attached clippings on Hankow and the surrounding region

1929

1929. Printed copy

1929. Clippings

1930

1930. Clippings

1931

1931. Clippings

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Printed matter. Includes Tyau, M. T. Z., ed., China in 1918, Peking, 1919; issues of The Pioneer, Peking, 1919; Société des Nations, Appel du gouvernement chinois: Rapport de la Commission d'étude, Genève, 1932; issues of the Information Bulletin, Nanking, 1936

Scrapbooks of clippings and notes on current events concerning China, France and U.S.S.R. Includes some diary entries

1946 February 1-1947 April 18

1946 August 1-1947 July 24

Subject file

China--History--1912-1949. Clippings under the general heading "Komintern v Kitae," 1926-1939. Include materials on the role of M. M. Borodin in China, 1927, arrest and detention of his wife, raids on Soviet consulates and embassy in Peking, 1927

China--Politics and Government--20th century. Decrees of the Chinese Emperor, 1908. Russian translations

Famines--China. Bulletins, clippings, reports, correspondence, on famines and floods 1922-1932

Newspaper strike, Han-k'ou, China, 1927. Includes strike editions of foreign newspapers, 1927 March - April and clippings relating to strike

Trade-unions--China. Clippings and correspondence relating to labor unions and strikes, 1926 December-1927 March

Cohn, A. Letter of recommendation by Bel'chenko and other characterization, 1938 January

Dies, Martin, 1951. Translation of speech by Bel'chenko

Diplomatic and Consular Service, American--China. Circulars to all foreign consuls, 1927-1938

Diplomatic and Consular Service, British--China. Circular to all foreign consuls at Hankow, 1927 April 22

Hankow, China--History

Foreign Residents Association

Municipal Bureau of the Special Administrative District No. 3 of Hankow, Report for the Year 1940 and Budget for the Year 1941 [Hankow, 1940]

Russian Concession. Administration

Electors - Statements

1906-1919

1922-1923

Public Council

Annual budgets and financial reports

1903-1920

1920-1923

Minutes of meetings

1915

1916

1917

1920

1921-1922

1923-1925

Special District Administration, Hankow, Report for the Year 1925 and Budget for the Year 1926 [Hankow, 1925]

Miscellany

Korostovets, I. Ia., 1911

Litvinova, Elizaveta Nikolaevna

Morison, V. A.

Pick, Eugene (pseud.)

Portuguese--China. Includes issues of Pela Patria Russians--China

Hankow

General

Pushkinskii komitet

Rossiiskii emigrantskii komitet. Minutes of meetings, 1939-1945

Miscellaneous

Legal cases

General - Arrests

Bauman/Lonshak case, 1930

Berezin/Kuznetsova case. Includes correspondence relating to inheritance to be paid to relatives in USSR, 1926-1929

Feuerbach, George. Includes correspondence, affadavits and court certificates, 1918-1929

Lebedev, Dimitrii Antonovich, 1927-1929

Malashkin. Estate administered by Bel'chenko), 1933

Rymsha, Nikolai Vikent'evich

Samorukoff, Sergei Semenovich. Power of attorney, 1922 August 22

Tsentrosoiuz. Mainly relates to deportation of its representative A. A. Kosolapov

Press. Includes Bel'chenko's typescript "O russkoi pechati v g. Khan'kou," 1949 February 19, and correspondence, clippings and biographical material (on Bel'chenko) collected by A. S. Loukashkin

Shanghai. Clippings, 1939-1940

Women. Includes correspondence with officials of League of Nations and report on situation of women and children in the Far East, 1934-1935

Russia. Ministerstvo inostrannykh del

Book entitled Spisok chinov Ministerstva Inostrannykh Del, St. Petersburg, 1913

Circulars, 1901-1902

Soviet Union (1924-1939)--Internal conditions. Typescripts and printed matter. Includes Informatsionnyi biulleten' (Paris, 1934-1937)

Miscellany. Includes Japanese poster appearing on streets of Wuhan cities, 1941 December 8, propaganda materials in Russian, and other matter

Eight group photographs, mainly of Bel'chenko with other Russians in Hankow, n.d. Includes photographs of Consul P. S. Popov, pupils of Russian school in Hankow, Russian World War I veterans and members of the Hankow Russian Club

Seven photographs of Bel'chenko and unidentified figures in Hankow and San Francisco, 1938-1954 and undated

Diaries, 1944 December 10-1945 October 30

Writing entitled "Taina samoubiistva Ioffe," n.d. Typescript