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Title: Antonina Dmitrievna Ignat'eva papers
Date (inclusive): 1907-1967
Collection Number: 2018C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Ignat'eva, Antonina Dmitrievna
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2017.
[Identification of item], Antonina Dmitrievna Ignat'eva papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Russian resident of Chita, Siberia; subsequently émigré in the United States.
| 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 |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921