Register of the Mikhail Nikolaevich Girs papers

Finding aid prepared by Ronald Bulatoff
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Mikhail Nikolaevich Girs papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1926
Collection Number: 28015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 53 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (22.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, studies, reports, telegrams, memoranda, statistics, charts, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to White Russian diplomatic, political, and military activities during the Russian Revolution, Russian émigré activities, and conditions in Russia during and after the Revolution.
Creator: Girs, Mikhail Nikolaevich, 1856-1932
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1928.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Mikhail Nikolaevich Girs papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (75 reels).

Biographical Note

1856 Born, Russia
1894 Russian Minister to Brazil
1898 Russian Minister to Peking
1901 Russian Minister to Munich
1902 Russian Minister to Bucharest
1912 Russian Ambassador to Constantinople
1915-1917 Russian Ambassador to Rome
1920-1921 Chief Diplomatic Representative of the Vrangel' Government
1920-1926 Chief Diplomatic Representative of former Imperial Russian diplomatic outposts, Paris
1932 Died, Paris, France

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, studies, reports, telegrams, memoranda, statistics, charts, clippings, and other printed matter relating to White Russian diplomatic, political, and military activities during the Russian Revolution, Russian émigré activities, and conditions in Russia during and after the Revolution. Includes materials from former Imperial Russian diplomats in various countries to and from the Chief Diplomatic Officer of former Imperial Russian diplomatic outposts, arranged alphabetically by country or city. Also includes material collected by Mikhail Girs in his capacity as Chief Diplomatic Officer of former Imperial Russian diplomatic outposts, arranged alphabetically by subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Refugees
Vrangelʹ, Petr Nikolaevich, Baron, 1878-1928

 

RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES 1917-1926

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, printed matted and other material, of former Imperial Russian diplomats in various countries to and from the Chief Diplomatic Officer of former Imperial Russian diplomatic outposts. Arranged alphabetically by country or city
 

General

box 1, folder 1

1918-1919

box 1, folder 2

1918 September-1919 March

 

1919

box 1, folder 3

January-March

box 1, folder 4

March -April

box 2, folder 1

March-May

box 2, folder 2

April-May

box 2, folder 3

May-July

box 3, folder 1

May-August

box 3, folder 2

July-August

box 3, folder 3

August -September

box 4, folder 1

1919 August-1920 February

box 4, folder 2

1919 September-October

box 5, folder 1

1919 October-1920 January

 

1920

box 5, folder 2

January-July

box 6, folder 1

February-October

box 6, folder 2

July-November

box 7, folder 1

November-December

box 7, folder 2

1920-1926

box 7, folder 3

1943

 

Austria

box 7, folder 4

1920-1922

box 7, folder 5

1923

box 7, folder 6

1924-1926

box 7, folder 7

Baden Baden, Germany 1921 March-1922 December

box 8, folder 1

Belgium 1919-1924

 

Bulgaria

box 8, folder 2

1919 January-1920 December

box 8, folder 3

1921 January-1922 December

 

1923

box 8, folder 4

January-July

box 8, folder 5

August-December

 

1924

box 8, folder 6

January-March

box 9, folder 1

April-September

 

Czechoslovakia

box 9, folder 2

1919 January-December

 

1920

box 9, folder 3

January-April

box 9, folder 4

May-December

box 9, folder 5

1921 January-1922 June

box 10, folder 1

1922 July-1926 December

box 10, folder 2

Danzig, Free City of 1920 January-1926 September

 

Denmark

box 10, folder 3

1919 June-1920 May

box 10, folder 4

1920 June-1922 December

box 10, folder 5

1923 January-1926 December

box 10, folder 6

Egypt 1919 October-1925 September

 

England

box 11, folder 1-2

1919

box 11, folder 3

1919-1920

 

1920

box 11, folder 4

February-March

box 11, folder 5

April-May

box 11, folder 6

June

box 12, folder 1

July-September

box 12, folder 2

September-December

 

1921

box 12, folder 3

January-July

box 12, folder 4

August-October

box 12, folder 5

November-December

 

1922

box 12, folder 6

January-February

box 12, folder 7

March

box 12, folder 8

April-May

box 13, folder 1

May-June

box 13, folder 2

June-July

box 13, folder 3

August

box 13, folder 4

August-September

box 13, folder 5

October-November

box 13, folder 6

December

 

1923

box 13, folder 7

January

box 13, folder 8

February

box 14, folder 1

March

box 14, folder 2

April-May

box 14, folder 3

May

box 14, folder 4

June-July

box 14, folder 5

August

box 14, folder 6

September

box 14, folder 7

October-November

box 15, folder 1

November-December

 

1924

box 15, folder 2

January

box 15, folder 3

February

box 15, folder 4

March

box 15, folder 5

April

box 15, folder 6

May-June

box 15, folder 7

July-August

box 16, folder 1

September-October

box 16, folder 2

November

box 16, folder 3

December

 

1925

box 16, folder 4

January-February

box 16, folder 5

March

box 16, folder 6

April

box 16, folder 7

May-June

box 16, folder 8

July

box 17, folder 1

August

box 17, folder 2

September

box 17, folder 3

October-November

box 17, folder 4

November-December

 

1926

box 17, folder 5

January-March

box 17, folder 6

April

box 17, folder 7

May

box 17, folder 8

June-July

box 18, folder 1

August-October

box 18, folder 2

October-December

 

Estonia

box 18, folder 3

1921-1922

box 18, folder 4

1923-1924

box 18, folder 5

1924-1926

 

Finland

box 18, folder 6-7

1918-1919

box 19, folder 1

1918-1919

box 19, folder 2-3

1919-1921

box 19, folder 4

1922 January-May

box 19, folder 5

1922 June-1923 December

box 19, folder 6

1924 January-December

box 19, folder 7

1925 January-1926 February

 

Germany

 

1920

box 20, folder 1

January-February

box 20, folder 2

March-April

box 20, folder 3

May-July

box 20, folder 4

August-October

box 20, folder 5

1920 November-1921 July

box 20, folder 6

1921 August-November

box 20, folder 7

1921 December-1922 May

box 21, folder 1

1922 June-September

box 21, folder 2

1922 October-1923 January

 

1923

box 21, folder 3

February-April

box 21, folder 4

May-September

box 21, folder 5

October-December

 

1924

box 21, folder 6

January-March

box 22, folder 1

April-July

box 22, folder 2

May-September

box 22, folder 3

1924 October-1925 January

box 22, folder 4

1925 February-June

box 22, folder 5

1925 July-1926 September

 

Greece

box 22, folder 6

1919 February-November

box 23, folder 1

1919 December-1920 October

box 23, folder 2

1920 November-1921 August

box 23, folder 3

1921 August-December

box 23, folder 4

1922 January-October

box 23, folder 5

1922 November-1923 November

box 23, folder 6

1923 December-1924 May

box 23, folder 7

1924 June-1926 September

 

Holland

box 23, folder 8

1919 May-August

box 24, folder 1

1919 September-1921 January

box 24, folder 2

1921 February-1924 June

 

Hungary

box 24, folder 3

1920 September-1922 April

box 24, folder 4

1922 May-1926 August

 

Italy

box 24, folder 5

1918 September-1919 December

box 24, folder 6

1920 January-December

box 24, folder 7

1921 January-December

box 24, folder 8

1922 January-July

box 25, folder 1

1922 August-1923 August

box 25, folder 2

1923 September-1924 August

box 25, folder 3

1924 September-1926 July

 

Japan

box 25, folder 4

1919 July-1922 April

box 25, folder 5

1922 May-December

 

1923

box 25, folder 6

January-June

box 26, folder 1

July-November

 

1924

box 26, folder 2

January-May

box 26, folder 3

May-July

box 26, folder 4

July-October

box 26, folder 5

1926 January-November

 

Latvia

box 26, folder 6

1919 September-1920 September

box 26, folder 7

1920 October-1922 December

box 27, folder 1

1923 January-1924 May

box 27, folder 2

1924 June-1926 March

box 27, folder 3

Lithuania 1919 January-1922 February

box 27, folder 4

Norway 1917 September-1924 January

 

Persia

 

1919

box 27, folder 5

February-March

box 27, folder 6

April-August

box 27, folder 7

July-December

box 28, folder 1

1920 January-1921 July

 

Poland

box 28, folder 2

1918 November-1919 November

box 28, folder 3-5

1919-1920

box 28, folder 6

1919 December-1920 February

 

1920

box 28, folder 7

March-April

box 29, folder 1

May-September

box 29, folder 2

October-December

box 29, folder 3

1920 November-1921 February

 

1921

box 29, folder 4

March-July

box 29, folder 5

August-December

 

1922

box 29, folder 6

January-June

box 30, folder 1

July-December

box 30, folder 2

1923 January-May

box 30, folder 3

1923 July-1924 March

box 30, folder 4

1924 April-1926 November

box 30, folder 5

Siam 1919-1920

box 30, folder 6

South America 1919-1926

box 30, folder 7

Spain 1921-1924

box 30, folder 8

Spitsbergen, Norway 1919

 

Sweden

box 30, folder 9

1919 April-1920 September

box 30, folder 10

1920 October-1921 March

box 31, folder 1

1921 August-1926 June

 

Switzerland

box 31, folder 2

1919 August-1920 August

box 31, folder 3

1920 September-1921 December

box 31, folder 4

1922 January-1923 July

 

1923

box 31, folder 5

August-November

box 31, folder 6

November

box 32, folder 1

1923 November-1926 December

 

Turkey

box 32, folder 2

1917 November-1919 December

box 32, folder 3

1920 January-December

box 32, folder 4

1921 January-December

 

1922

box 32, folder 5

January-October

box 32, folder 6

November-December

 

1923

box 33, folder 1

January-March

box 33, folder 2

March-December

box 33, folder 3

1924 January-August

box 33, folder 4

1924 September-1925 August

box 33, folder 5

1925 September-December

box 33, folder 6

1926 January-December

box 34, folder 1

1926 January-December

 

United States of America

box 34, folder 2

1921-1922

box 34, folder 3

1922

box 34, folder 4-7

1923

box 35, folder 1-2

1923

box 35, folder 3-5

1924

box 35, folder 6-7

1925

box 36, folder 1

1925-1926

box 36, folder 2

1926

 

Vatican

box 36, folder 3

1919 March-1920 September

box 36, folder 4

1920 October-1922 May

box 36, folder 5

1922 June-1923 January

box 36, folder 6

1923 February-October

box 36, folder 7

1923 November-1924 April

 

Yugoslavia

 

1919

box 37, folder 1

January-July

box 37, folder 2

August-September

box 37, folder 3

October-November

box 37, folder 4

December

 

1920

box 37, folder 5

January-July

box 37, folder 6

August-December

box 37, folder 7

1921 January-July

box 37, folder 8

1921 August-1922 August

box 38, folder 1

1922 October-December

 

1923

box 38, folder 2

January-July

box 38, folder 3

August-December

 

1924

box 38, folder 4

January-March

box 38, folder 5

April-July

box 38, folder 6

1924 August-1925 July

box 38, folder 7

1925 August-1926 December

 

SUBJECT FILE 1916-1926

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, printed matter and other material, collected by M. Girs in his capacity as Chief Diplomatic Officer of former Imperial Russian diplomatic outposts. Arranged alphabetically by subject
box 39, folder 1

Aland Islands 1921

box 39, folder 2

Armenia 1919

 

Baltic States

box 39, folder 3-4

1919 February-December

box 39, folder 5

1919-1920

box 39, folder 6

Belarus' 1919-1920

box 39, folder 7-9

Bessarabia 1917-1918

box 39, folder 10

Black Sea and the Straits - Territorial questions 1919

box 39, folder 11

Eastern Carelia 1923 January-July

box 39, folder 12

Elizaveta Fedorovna, Grand Duchess - Transfer of her body from the Far East to Jerusalem 1920-1921

box 40, folder 1

Galicia 1919

 

Genoa Conference

box 40, folder 2

1921 January-1922 March

 

1922

box 40, folder 3

April

box 40, folder 4-5

April-May

box 40, folder 6

Georgia 1919

box 40, folder 7-8

Hague Conference 1922

box 40, folder 9

Lausanne Conference 1922-1923

box 41, folder 1

Lucullus (yacht) 1921 October-November

box 41, folder 2

Montenegro - Questions at the Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920

 

Omsk Government - History - Revolution 1917-1921

box 41, folder 3-5

1918-1919

box 41, folder 6-7

1919

 

Palestine

box 41, folder 8

1917 January-1919 May

os_folder 1

Russian language map of Palestine undated

os_folder 1

French language map of Palestine undated

box 42, folder 1

1919 June-1920 September

box 42, folder 2

1920 October-1926 May

box 42, folder 3

Paris Peace Conference, - Russia's participation 1919

box 42, folder 4

Prinkipo 1919

 

Romania

box 42, folder 5

1918 October-1919 March

 

1919

box 42, folder 6

April-October

box 42, folder 7

November-December

box 42, folder 8

1920 January-August

box 42, folder 9

1920 September-1924 July

 

Russia (Territory under White armies 1918-1920)

 

Dobrovol'cheskaia armiia (Volunteer Army) - Military operations in the Don Region and Southern Russia (General Denikin)

box 43, folder 1

1918 November-1919 March

 

1919

box 43, folder 2

April-May

box 43, folder 3

June-December

box 43, folder 4

1920 January-April

 

Severo-zapadnoe pravitel'stvo (Northwestern government)

box 43, folder 5

Arkhangel'sk - Anti-bolshevik movements 1919-1920

 

Armiia - Military operations (General Iudenich)

 

1919

box 43, folder 6

February-May

box 43, folder 7

June-August

box 43, folder 8

September-October

box 44, folder 1

1919 November-1920 November

 

Russian financial interests in China and the Far East

box 44, folder 2

1918 December-1921 September

box 44, folder 3

1921 October

box 44, folder 4

1921 November-1922 March

 

Russian Red Cross - Operations abroad

 

General

 

1919

box 44, folder 5

March-July

box 44, folder 6

August-December

 

1920

box 44, folder 7

January-June

box 45, folder 1

July-October

 

1921

box 45, folder 2

January-May

box 45, folder 3

June-September

box 45, folder 4

October-November

box 45, folder 5

November-December

box 45, folder 6

1921 December-1922 January

 

1922

box 45, folder 7

January

box 46, folder 1

February-April

box 46, folder 2

May-September

box 46, folder 3

October-November

box 46, folder 4

December

 

1923

box 46, folder 5

January-February

box 46, folder 6

March

box 46, folder 7

April-July

box 47, folder 1

July-August

box 47, folder 2

August-September

box 47, folder 3

September-October

box 47, folder 4

November

box 47, folder 5

December

box 47, folder 6

1924 January-August

box 47, folder 7

1924 September-1926 September

 

Protocols

box 48, folder 1

1921 September-1922 August

box 48, folder 2

1922 September-November

 

Russians in foreign countries

box 48, folder 3

General

box 48, folder 4

Rossiiskii Zarubezhnyi S'ezd 1925-1926

box 48, folder 5

Russian military organizations 1919 October-1922 July

box 48, folder 6

Russian Society in Copenhagen 1919

 

Slavic associations

box 48, folder 7

1918-1919

box 48, folder 8

1919

box 48, folder 9

Soviet Union, Emigre press relating to 1921-1922,

 

Volunteer Fleet

box 48, folder 10

1918 March-1921 July

box 49, folder 1

1921 August-1922 April

box 49, folder 2

1922 May-1923 February

box 49, folder 3

1923 March-November

 

Zemgor (Union of Russian Zemstvos and Towns)

 

General

box 49, folder 4

1923 January-June

box 49, folder 5

1923 July-1924 January

box 49, folder 6

1924 February-1926 December

box 49, folder 7

Berlin 1923 March-April

box 49, folder 8

Serbs of Lucase 1919

 

Soviet Union

box 50, folder 1

Bordering countries and national minorities 1919

 

Famine - Herbert Hoover and U.S. aid

box 50, folder 2

1919-1920

box 50, folder 3

1921

box 50, folder 4

1922

 

History

 

Revolution 1917-1921

 

General

box 50, folder 5

1919 February-1920 December

box 50, folder 6

1921 January-1924 May

box 50, folder 7

1924 June-December

box 50, folder 8

1925 January-1926 July

 

Caucasus and Transcaucasia

box 51, folder 1

1918 February-1919 April

box 51, folder 2

1919 May-1920 September

 

Carpatho-Russia

box 51, folder 3

1918 October-1919 January

 

1919

box 51, folder 4

February-March

box 51, folder 5

April-August

box 51, folder 6

1919 September-1920 July

box 51, folder 7

1920 August-1921 September

box 51, folder 8

Vladivostok 1918-1920

 

Crimea - General Vrangel' and the White Russians

box 52, folder 1

1920 March-September

box 52, folder 2

1920 October-1922 April

box 52, folder 3

Kuban 1921 September

 

Insurrections against the bolsheviks

box 52, folder 4

1921 March-1922 April

box 52, folder 5-6

1922 March-1923 February

box 52, folder 7

1923 June-October

box 52, folder 8

1923 November-1924 February

 

Allied Intervention 1918-1920

box 52, folder 9

Allied efforts against the bolsheviks 1919

box 52, folder 10

Blockade by foreign powers 1919

box 53, folder 1

Foreign armies in Russia 1919

 

Ukraine

box 53, folder 2

1916-1919

box 53, folder 3

1919-1920

box 53, folder 4

1920-1922

 

Vooruzhenye Sily na Iugie Rossii (Armed Forces in Southern Russia) - Evacution of Crimea (General Vrangel')

box 53, folder 5

1920 November-1921 April

box 53, folder 6

1921 May-June

box 53, folder 7

World War I reparations 1919