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Preliminary Inventory of the Mark Aleksandrovich Popovskii Collection, 1919-1977
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Title: Mark Aleksandrovich Popovskii collection,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1977
Collection number: 84016
Collector:
Popovskii, Mark Aleksandrovich
Collection Size:
16 microfilm reels
((2.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reminiscences, reports, correspondence, and other writings of members of Tolstovtsy communes in the Soviet Union, relating
to the agrarian dissent movement of followers of Leo Tolstoy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
Russian.
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact
the Hoover Institution Archives.
Digital use copies of the entire collection are available in the reading room.
Mark Popovskii papers, 1957-2000, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York City
[Identification of item], Mark Aleksandrovich Popovskii collection, [Reel no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Mark Aleksandrovich Popovskii (1922- ), Russian writer journalist and essayist, was born in Odessa. A veteran of World War
II, he started freelance literary work in 1946, and had numerous publications in the Soviet press (including 14 books), primarily
dealing with issues of science and scientific ethics. During the 1970s two of Popovskii's books,
Beda i vina akademika Vavilova and
Zhizn' and Zhitie Voino-Iasenetskogo were rejected by the censor and circulated in samizdat. Popovskii also signed several letters in support of Russian dissidents.
Systematically persecuted by KGB, he left the country in 1977 and settled in New York City. In emigration he contributed to
numerous Russian-language periodicals, and served as a North American editor of émigré journal
Strana I Mir. He wrote and published numerous books, some were translated into English French and German. After the fall of the Soviet
Union Popovskii's work started once again to appear in Russia.
In the early 1980s a fire at Popovskii's New York apartment destroyed a large part of Popovskii's archive, so the microfilm
in this collection may be the only extant copy.
Source of information: Mark Popovskii Papers, Finding Aid Prepared by Jane Gorjevsky, Columbia University, October 2002
Scope and Content Note
The material was not microfilmed according to archival standards, page arrangements are not always sequential or logical,
and the film shows many signs of damage and deterioration. Image quality is extremely poor, with scratches, fogging, extremes
of dark and light density, images obscured by tape, and other problems. In addition, in some cases the sprocket holes were
cut off and the film was cut into short segments. It is possible that some of the physical damage was done intentionally to
facilitate transport of the microfilm by Popovskii. The digital use copies are also of poor quality due to the condition of
the source microfilm. As a result, researchers must digitally manipulate the PDF image files by rotating and enlarging to
make them as legible as possible for viewing.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Cooperative societies--Soviet Union.
Dissenters--Soviet Union.
Pacifism--Soviet Union.
Peace.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)