Ignat'eva (Antonina Dmitrievna) papers, 1907-1967

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Summary

Title:
Antonina Dmitrievna Ignat'eva papers
Dates:
1907-1967
Creators:
Ignat'eva, Antonina Dmitrievna
Abstract:
Diaries, correspondence, fictional and other writings, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia, and to Russian émigré affairs. Includes papers of other family members.
Extent:
3 manuscript boxes (1.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Antonina Dmitrievna Ignat'eva papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Biographical materials, diaries, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russians in Chita (Transbaikal Province) during the Revolution and Civil War (1917-1921), in China and the United States. Includes papers of other Ignat'ev Ignatieff family members.

This collection consists mainly of the writings and fragments of writings of Antonina (Nina) Dimitrievna Ignat'eva, the daughter of a rich Chita merchant, who from her school days was actively engaged in amateur literary and dramatic activities in Chita and Los Angeles. The most historically significant part of the collection is the diaries she kept in Chita from late June 1917 to late May 1918, November 1918 to February 1919, and a diary fragment covering late October to early November 1920. Through the eyes of a young adult one sees the spread of revolution in the Russian Far East and the subsequent civil war. Since her future husband was an adjutant to Ataman G. M. Semenov, she was also able to observe Semenov's domestic life.

Biographical / historical:

Russian resident of Chita, Siberia; subsequently émigré in the United States.

Date Event
1900 29 April
Born, Chita, Transbaikal Province, Russian Empire
1919 19 November
Married Vladimir Romanovich Torchinov
1920 15 November
Birth of daughter Zina
1922-1923
Lived in Qingdao (Tsingtao), China
1923 7 October
Arrived in the United States (Seattle, Washington)
1926 30 November
Moved to Los Angeles, California
1930
Last name changed from Torchinov to Torchin
1972 13 June
Death of Vladimir Torchin
1982 2 January
Died, Los Angeles, California
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2017.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-01 15:58:54.175983

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Antonina Dmitrievna Ignat'eva papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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