Inventory of the Irina Korsunsky papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Irina Korsunsky papers
Date (inclusive): 1970-2008
Collection Number: 2019C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, and photographs, relating to civil liberties in the Soviet Union.
Creator:
Korsunsky, Irinia, 1935-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Irina Korsunsky Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical note
Soviet dissident; subsequently emigre in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Irina Korsunsky papers contain correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to civil liberties in the Soviet Union.
Irina Korsunky (also known as Irina Korsunasky) was active in the dissident movement. She wrote letters to political prisoners,
sent them food and books, and accommodated them in her Moscow apartment as they traveled home from exile. She would also house
family members of prisoners who came to visit those in camps. Korsunky was interrogated several times by the KGB officers.
In 1981, Korsunsky and her family were forced to emigrate. They settled in the United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
box 1
Tat'iana Velkanova
2002 September 26
Scope and Contents
Article in Русская мысль
box 1
Handwritten notes
undated
box 1
Andrei Sakharov, clippings and materials
1986, 1989
box 1
Sergei Khodorovich, clipping
1983 October 27
box 1
Мария: журнал российского независимого женского религиозного клуба "Мария"
1982
Scope and Contents
Copy of front cover and photos
box 1
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bolonkine, review article
2002
box 1
Correspondence
1983, 2008, undated
box 1
Гуля Романова на проводах
1979 February 8
Scope and Contents
See also photographs
box 1
Памятник Юре Галанкову в Италии
2006