Aleksandr Polovets papers, 1966-2016

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Summary

Creators:
Polovet͡s, Aleksandr, 1935-
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, books, digital files, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and to Russian émigré affairs.
Extent:
23 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 5 videocassettes, digital media (19.14 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Aleksandr Polovet͡s papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the professional life of Alexander Polovet͡s as a journalist, editor, and publisher of Panorama, one of the major Russian-language publications founded by Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union.

Polovet͡s' correspondence is of special interest to literary scholars of the Third Wave, as it includes letters from authors such as Vasily Aksyonov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Sergei Dovlatov, Anatoly Gladilin, Igor Guberman, Edward Limonov, and Vladimir Maximov. The collection is also of note since it includes photographs of authors and audio files of conversations with them. This also applies to other cultural and political figures.

An extensive file of photographs, and sound and video recordings chronicles Alexander Polovet͡s' friendship with Bulat Okudzhava.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1935 July 12
Born, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1955
Graduated from Moscow Poligraficheskii Tekhnikum
1955-1958
Military service
1971
Received master's degree in Patent Information, Central Institute of Patent Studies
1976
Immigrated to the United States
1976-1980
Quality control supervisor, Western Lithograph
1977
Founded Almanac Publishing House
1980-2000
Founder, editor-in-chief of Panorama newspaper
1980s-present
Vice President, later President, of Media Analysis Foundation
1983
Naturalized United States citizen
1991-present
Founder and President of the Bulat Okudzhava USA Cultural Fund
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

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Aleksandr Polovet͡s 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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