Register of the David Chubov papers

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Title: David Chubov papers
Date (inclusive): 1905-1963
Collection Number: 2000C17
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 2 microfilm reels (0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to resettlement of White Russian veterans and displaced persons after the Russian Civil War, and to Russian émigré affairs and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.
Creator: Chubov, David, 1878-1956
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David Chubov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biography

Fr. David Chubov was born on 24 June 1878. In 1901 he completed a course of studies at the Stavropol' Seminary, and in 1902 was ordained a priest, serving at a village church in Novoshcherbinovskaia stanitsa of the Kuban' Cossack region from 1904 to 1915. From January of that year until late 1917, he served as a chaplain on the Caucasus Front, primarily as the regimental priest of the 22nd Caucasus Rifles.
Witnessing the ensuing Civil War on the Kuban', Chubov was evacuated from Novorossiisk to Serbia with the departing White Army in March 1920. After a brief final return to the Crimea later that year, he was once again evacuated to Bulgaria, where from 1921 to 1932 he served as a priest in Sliven. From 1932 to 1936, Chubov served in various parishes in France and Brussels, until being assigned to the Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Zürich, Switzerland, where he remained until his death. During and after the Second World War, he extended aid to Russian displaced persons, Ostarbeiters and POWs, helping many to emigrate to South America. Chubov died in Zürich on 14 August 1956.

Biographical Note

1878 June 24 Born, Staroshcherbinovskaia stanitsa, Kubanskaia oblast', Russia
1901 Graduated, Stavropol'skaia Dukhovnaia Seminariia
1904 Priest, Novoshcherbinovskaia stanitsa, Kubanskaia oblast'
1915 Priest, 1st Opolchenie brigade
1916 Priest, 22nd Kavkazskii strelkovyi regiment
1921 Archpriest, Sliven, Bulgaria
1932 Archpriest, Annecy, France
1936 Archpriest, Zürich, Switzerland
1956 August 14 Died, Zürich, Switzerland

Scope and Content

This collection consists largely of the correspondence of Rev. David Chubov, as well as of collected materials relating to anti-communist propaganda and activities and to Church affairs (1920s-1950s). The correspondence relating to the resettlement of Russian displaced persons and the interned troops of Gen. B. A. Khol'mston-Smyslovskii's anti-Soviet military force (1946-1948) is particularly significant, as are many of the rare brochures and leaflets issued by various Russian émigré organizations.
The collection includes some additional material donated by Chubov's secretary, Sofia Izler, after his death.
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 Library & Archives. The original materials and copyright to them (with some exceptions) are the property of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & 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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Refugees
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Veterans
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ

 

Biographical File 1905-1963

reel 1

Autobiography 1956

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 1
reel 1

Correspondence 1956-1963

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 2. Mainly correspondence of A. S. Loukashkin with Rev. M. Pol'skii, Rev. D. Chubov, and his secretary, Sofia Andreevna Izler, regarding the disposition of Chubov's archive
reel 1

Identity paper 1905

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 3.
reel 1

Inventory of archival materials

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 4.
reel 1

Programs

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 5.
 

Correspondence 1923-1953

General note

See also BIOGRAPHICAL FILE/Correspondence
 

General

 

"Perepiska s podsovetskimi liud'mi v Evrope" undated

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 6. Consists of correspondence of various unidentified individuals. Includes cover letter by Chubov addressed to Iakov Iakovlevich
 

"Pereselenie v Argentinu"

Scope and Contents note

Concerns Chubov's involvement in the resettlement of Russian refugees, soldiers, and officers of Gen. B. A. Khol'mston-Smyslovskii's detachment from Liechtenstein to Argentina. Includes correspondence with numerous Russians and foreign officials, lists of candidates for resettlement, and other related documents
reel 1

1946

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 7
reel 1

1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 8.
reel 1

1947-1948

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 9.
reel 2

Untitled bound file of correspondence 1923-1949

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 10. Correspondence involves N. E. Markov, Dowager Empress Mariia Feodorovna (signed by her secretary Pr. Dolgorukii), Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duchess Anastasiia, Metropolitan Antonii, Prince N. L. Obolenskii, A. P. Kutepov, A. F. Trepov, B. Serafimov, P. N. Krasnov, Ivan S. Shmelev, A. Kartashev, Also includes documents relating to the support of the Russian community in Sliven for anti-communist activities, 1923-1928
reel 2

Boris III, King of Bulgaria 1924

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 12
reel 2

Bardygin, Nikolai Mikhailovich 1953

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 11
reel 2

Sitnikova, Olimpiada Semenovna, et al. 1943

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 13.
reel 2

Surguchev, Il'ia D. 1953 undated

Scope and Contents note

Russiam Museum of Culture box/folder 1 : 14.
 

Writings 1946 undated

reel 2

"Za kem my poidem?" undated

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 1. Typescript, attributed to Chubov by A. S. Loukashkin
reel 2

"Pravda o masonstve," 1946. 1947 March

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 2. Typescript. Includes negative photostat of article by Iu. F. Semenov, "Vlast' nad dushami," Rossiia, and note on Semenov's and M. M. Fedorov's affiliation to freemasonry
 

Writings By Others 1936-1963

General note

Contains primarily unpublished holographs and typescripts, with some mimeographed texts
reel 2

Eike, Vera Borisovna von. "Ekh, brattsy!" Typescript undated

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 3.
reel 2

Kostanda, Apostol Aleksandrovich. "Istoriia ikony Blagoveshcheniia, pozhertvovannoi Khramu-Pamiatniku Imperatora Nikolaia II v Briussele," Includes correspondence and related texts [1953].

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 4.
reel 2

Kotliarevskii, N. M. Speech about Nicholas II, Typescript 1936 February 2

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 5.
reel 2

Shmelev, Ivan S. Letter to S. A. Izler 1963

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 6.
reel 2

Unidentified. "Iudin grekh," Typescript undated

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 7
reel 2

Unidentified [D. Slavskii?]. "Malen'kaia russkaia istoriia," ]. Holograph [1944 April]

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 8
reel 2

Unidentified. "Sovetskii Soiuz - ne Rossiia," Typescript 1947 October

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 9
reel 2

Unidentified. "Zakat khristianstva: Episkop Damaskin, ego zhizn' I bor'ba za pravoslavie," Typescript 1944 December.

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 10
 

Subject File 1926-1955

General note

Includes brochures, leaflets and other printed matter
 

Propaganda, Anti-communist. Materials published by various groups opposed to communism

reel 2

Bratstvo russkoi pravdy

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 16
reel 2

Fond spaseniia Rossii

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 17
reel 2

Unidentified organization

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 18
reel 2

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 19
reel 2

Displaced persons

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 11
reel 2

Eastern Orthodox Church

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 12
reel 2

Gogol', Nikolai

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 13
reel 2

Monarchism

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 14
reel 2

Orlov, Sergei

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 15
reel 2

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 20
 

Photographs 1945-1950 undated

reel 2

One photograph 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Russian Museum of Culture Box/folder 2 : 21. Photograph depicts Chubov's parents in the Kuban' region (n.d., probably pre-Revolutionary), one small photograph of Russian Orthodox Church hierarchs, six photographs depicting Gen. B. A. Khol'mston-Smyslovskii and Chubov performing religious services for the former's troops interned in Liechtenstein one photograph depicting cadets of the Versailles Cadet School, one photograph depicting N. Vorob'eva's farm in Buenos Aires (1950) and two postcards depicting Nicholas II and Alexander III