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Title: Aleksandr Polovets papers
Date (inclusive): 1966-2016
Collection Number: 2017C55
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
23 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 5 videocassettes, digital media
(19.14 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Includes correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, books, digital files, and audiovisual material relating to
Russian literature and to Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Polovet͡s, Aleksandr, 1935-
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], Aleksandr Polovet͡s papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
| 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 |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Russians -- United States
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Russia (Federation) -- Civilization
Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration