Register of the Andrei Terent'evich Bel'chenko Papers, 1898-1962
Register of the Andrei Terent'evich Bel'chenko Papers, 1898-1962
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| 1873 October 29 (N.S.) | Born, Kozlovka village, Bobrovskii uezd, Voronezh guberniia, Russia |
| 1897 | Graduated from St. Petersburg University with degree in Oriental philology |
| 1898 | Entered Foreign Ministry |
| 1899 | Student interpreter, Imperial Russian Legation, Peking |
| 1901 | Acting Consul, Foochow |
| 1902 | Vice-Consul, Hankow |
| 1903 | Assistant Secretary, Imperial Russian Legation in Peking |
| 1906 | Consul, Neuchuang (Manchuria) |
| 1910 | Consul, Foochow |
| 1912 | Translator, Present-Day Political Organization of China |
| 1912 | Consul, Canton |
| 1915 | Consul-General, Hankow |
| 1920 | Adviser to Chinese government on Russian affairs, Hankow |
| 1923 | Portuguese Consul-General, Hankow |
| 1947 | Left China for United States |
| 1958 February 1 | Died, San Francisco |
- A. B.
- A. F. G.
- Al'fa
- Andru
- A-Sh
- Az-Buki [Azbuki]
- Bat-ia
- Bat'ko
- B-ch
- Bol'shevik-teoretik
- G-N
- Ian'-Shi-Tzia
- Iu Chzhi U-tsai [Iu-chizhi u-tsai]
- Khan'kovets
- Kitaefil
- Liubitel' puteshestvii
- Obozrevatel'
- Odin iz russkikh
- Poltavskii Kazak [Poltavskii Kozak]
- Starozhil
- Tszyrev
- Ukhanets
Container List
Biographical File, 1898-1962
Scope and Content Note
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
Diaries, 1916-1947.
Scope and Content Note
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
Correspondence, 1916-1957.
Scope and Content Note
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
Speeches And Writings, 1912-1951.
Scope and Content Note
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
Scrapbooks, 1890-1954.
Scope and Content Note
Additional Note
"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
Registration File, 1922-1944.
Scope and Content Note
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
Chinese Politics File, 1918-1949.
Scope and Content Note
Additional Note
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
Subject File, 1900-1947
Scope and Content Note
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
Photographs, 1938-1954 and undated
Scope and Content Note
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
Oversize File, 1944-1945 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Diaries, 1944 December 10-1945 October 30
Writing entitled "Taina samoubiistva Ioffe," n.d. Typescript