Register of the Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov papers

Finding aid prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop
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Title: Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-1979
Collection Number: 80195
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes (7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, clippings, and printed matter, relating to conditions in Russia and Russian military campaigns during World War I and the Russian Civil War, the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk and other Russian Imperial military units, and Russian emigre activities in France after the Civil War.
Creator: Kutukov, Leonid Nikolaevich, 1897-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Russian army officer, author and journalist.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the papers of Leonid Kutukov, an officer in the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk (Moscow Life Guards Regiment) who emigrated to France after the Revolution and remained active in regimental activities abroad. The most important part consists of material related to the history of this regiment, especially during WWI and the Civil War. Of special interest are holograph and typescript eyewitness accounts by officers of the regiment re events during the early days of the revolution. This material was used by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in preparation for his multi-volume historical novel The Red Wheel. The collection contains a letter from the author to Leonid Kutukov in the WRITINGS FILE.
Also of interest is material related to right wing and monarchist circles in the emigration, including issues of Parizhskii Vestnik, published during the German occupation of Paris, 1942-1944.
Finally the collection contains the writings of Leonid Kutukov, mostly published in the journal Chasovoi, and miscellaneous material re the singing career of his wife, Sophia Kolomeitseva-Kutukova.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Russians -- France
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
Russia. Armii͡a. Leĭb-gvardīi moskovskīĭ polk

 

WRITINGS 1934-1976

General note

Bound notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Bound notebooks of typescript drafts and clippings of writings by Leonid Kutukov about the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk during WWI, the Civil War, and emigration. Also includes a letter from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, articles on Russian history and politics, and miscellany re Russians on the Riviera. Arranged chronologically
box 1, folder 1

"Zapiski". Includes "Bunt v Zapasnom Batal'ene v Petrograde, 1917" and "Zagovor Belogo Mecha 1919", 1937. Typescript. Also includes letter from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1977 August, and printed copy of Khronika Odnogo Zagovora by A. Saparov"

 

Articles printed in various emigre publications, including Chasovoi, under the pseudonym of Nikolai Kremnev

box 1, folder 2

"Rossiiskie mirazhi vo Frantsii I Italii" n.d.

 

"Stat'i I ocherki" 1947-1976

box 1, folder 3

Vol. I

box 1, folder 4

Vol. II

box 2, folder 1

"Kontury novogo stroia" 1958-1967

 

SUBJECT FILE 1914-1973

Scope and Contents note

Material re the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk, including reminiscences re WWI and the Civil War, lists and biographies of officers, and congratulatory messages to the regiment from members of the Imperial Family. Also includes miscellany re other guards regiments and monarchist printed matter. Arranged alphabetically by subject and therein by physical form
box 2, folder 2

Leib-Gvardii Izmailovskii Polk. Article in Chasovoi 1930 September

 

Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk

 

General

box 2, folder 3

Archive and museum. Correspondence 1965-1973

 

Ob'edinenie Leib-Gvardii Moskovskago Polka

box 2, folder 4

Biulleten' Ob'edineniia Leib-Gvardii Moskovskago Polka, Nos. 68, 150-154 1936-1961

box 2, folder 5

"Polozhenie" 1950 August

 

Tarnavka, Battle of

box 2, folder 6

Congratulatory letters on the occasion of its 50th anniversary 1964

box 2, folder 7

Excerpts from German reports re battle 1935

box 2, folder 8

Issue of Biulleten' 1964

box 2, folder 9

Reminiscences of participants 1959-1964

box 2, folder 10

Agreement between Lieut.-Gen. Nikolai Bredov and Polish Forces, Typescript copy 1920.

 

Correspondence. Mostly congratulatory messages

box 2, folder 11

General 1930-1969

box 2, folder 12

Andrei Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

box 2, folder 13

Mecklenburg-Strelitskii, Mikhail, Duke. Includes clippings of biography and obituary 1927-1933

box 2, folder 14

Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia 1927

box 2, folder 15

Ol'denburgskii, Aleksandr, Prince 1929-1935

box 2, folder 16

Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia 1963-1970

box 2, folder 17

Excerpts from German reports re military action in which the regiment participated 1915

 

Lists, biographies, and military service records of officers

box 2, folder 18

General 1914-1956

box 2, folder 19

Dubrova, Nikolai, Col. Short biography

box 2, folder 20

Gal'fter, Victor, Maj.-Gen., Commander of Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk. Military service record

 

Writings about

 

General

box 2, folder 21

"Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk. K 150-letnemu iubileiu polka". Printed copy

box 2, folder 22-23

"Memuary o Zapasnom Batal'ene Leib-Gvardii Moskovskogo Polka, Do, Vo Vremia I Posle Bunta, 27 Fevralia ". Includes handwritten and typescript reminiscences by eyewitnesses 1917

box 2, folder 24

"Poeziia Leib-Gvardii Moskovskago Polka". Handwritten, typescript, and printed copies

box 2, folder 25

"Vol'noopredeliaiushcheesia". Typescript

 

Dubrova, Nikolai, Col.

box 2, folder 26

"Boevoe Kreshchenie Leib-Gvardii Moskovskogo Polka v Velikuiu Voinu goda", Typescript 1914 n.d.

box 2, folder 27

"Istoriia Leib-Gvardii Moskovskogo Polka", excerpt from vol. 3, 1855-1878. Typescript. Includes postcard of Russian Memorial Church in Shipka, Bulgaria, and Chasovoi article re Bulgarian campaign 1978 May-June

box 2, folder 28

"Prazdnovanie polkovogo prazdnika L-Gv. Moskovskago Polka v mirnoe vremia", Typescript n.d.

box 2, folder 29

Gal'fter, Victor, Maj.-Gen. Report re military action (battle at Fol'vark Zygmundov) 1914 September 7

 

Klimovich, Georgii, Col.

box 3, folder 1

Untitled, Holograph n.d.

 

"Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk v Velikuiu Voinu ", Typescript 1914-1917 1934.

box 3, folder 2

Notebook 1

box 3, folder 3

Notebook 2

box 3, folder 4

Notebook 3, "Prilozhenie"

box 3, folder 5

"Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk v Grazhdanskuiu Voinu ", Typescript (Notebook 4) 1918-1920 1934.

box 3, folder 6

Leib-Gvardii Pavlovskii Polk. Correspondence with Sergei Genriksen, and miscellany. See also PHOTOGRAPHS 1965,

box 3, folder 7

Monarchism. Miscellany re Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich and list of members of the Russian Imperial House 1949

box 3, folder 8

Parizhskii Vestnik. Account book 1942-1944

box 3, folder 9

Saksen-Al'tenburgskaia, Elena, Princess. Clipping of obituary 1936

box 3, folder 10

Tukhachevskii, Mikhail. Article about him in Chasovoi, and card with holograph signature, See also PHOTOGRAPHS 1966 March, 1918.

 

SOPHIA KOLOMEITSEVA-KUTUKOVA FILE 1927-1979

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Contents note

Consists mostly of bound notebook of photographs, programs, and clippings of reviews related to Sophia Kolomeitseva-Kutukova's career as an opera singer; and yearbook of Imperatorskoe Vospitatel'noe Obshchstvo Blagorodnykh Devits (Smol'nyi Institute). Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 3, folder 11

Bound notebook of material related to Kolomeitseva-Kutukova's carreer as an opera singer. Includes programs, clippings of reviews, and portrait prints of the singer 1927-1938

box 3, folder 12

Clippings 1932-1979

box 3, folder 13

Correspondence 1974

box 3, folder 14

Yearbook, I.V.O.B.D., (Imperatorskoe Vospitatel'noe Obshchstvo Blagorodnykh Devits, Smol'nyi Institut) 1905

 

PRINTED MATTER 1907-1964

General note

See also OVERSIZE FILE

Scope and Contents note

Mostly material re the history of Russian Imperial Guards regiments during WWI and the Civil War. Includes illustrated book re Russian Imperial military orders. Arranged chronologically
box 4, folder 1

Sputnik Russkago na Riv'ere 1907

box 4, folder 2

Rossiiskie Imperatorskie I Tsarskie Ordena, 1910

box 4, folder 3

Zhurnal Boevykh Deistvii 2-oi Gvardeiskoi Pekhotnoi Divizii 1914, 1915

box 4, folder 4

Materialy po istorii Gvardeiskoi pekhoty I artillerii v grazhdanskuiu voinu 1917-1922g., M. Goleevskii 1937

box 4, folder 5

Russkii Vremennik, No. 3, 1939

box 4, folder 6

"Vestnik Gvardeiskago Ob"edineniia" 1951, 1964

box 5

La revolution russe de 1917, Jean Balensi and Paul Peronnet, Script for radio play 1960.

 

PHOTOGRAPHS 1905-1970's

General note

See also SOPHIA KOLOMEITSEVA-KUTUKOVA FILE

Scope and Contents note

1 album depicting arrival of Russian forces in France during WWI, and 99 postcards and prints depicting the Sankt-Petersburgskaia Tretiia Klasicheskaia Gimnsziia, the Smol'nyi Institut (class of 1912), the grave of Gen. Nikolai Yudenich, Mikhail Tukhachevskii, and scenes of the the Riviera. Arranged by subject
box 6, folder 1

Album, Cherez Moria I Okeany. Illustrates voyage and arrival of Russian troops in France during WWI

box 6, folder 2

11 prints depicting Sophia Kolomeitseva-Kutukova

box 6, folder 3

6 prints depicting uniforms and barracks of the Leib-Gvardii Pavlovskii Polk, 1 portrait print of Sergei Genriksen in uniform n.d.

box 6, folder 4

1 print of Mikhail Tukhachevskii 1918

box 6, folder 5

1 print depicting the grave of Gen. Nikolai Yudenich n.d.

box 6, folder 6

7 prints related to Russian emigre life on the Riviera n.d.

box 6, folder 7

69 prints and postcards of tourist attractions on the Riviera n.d.

box 7, folder 1-2

2 group photographs depicting the Sankt-Petersburgskaia Tretiia Klasicheskaia Gimnsziia, (oversize) 1913

box 7, folder 3

1 group photograph depicting the Smol'nyi Institut class, (oversize) 1912

 

OVERSIZE FILE 1898-1944

General note

Printed matter

Scope and Contents note

Issues of Nov', 1898 and Parizhskii Vestnik, 1942-1944. Arranged alphabetically by title
box 7, folder 4

Nov' 1898

box 8

Parizhskii Vestnik, numbers 1-55 1942-1944

box 9

Parizhskii Vestnik, numbers 56-112 1942-1944