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Adlershteyn (Leon) and Irina Bereznaya papers
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Title: Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-2018
Collection Number: 2019C123
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 optical disks
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers includes memoirs, interviews, and correspondence relating to the lives of
Adlershteyn, a naval architect and researcher, and his wife, a Russian/English translator.
Creator:
Adlershteĭn, Leon T︠S︡alimovich
Creator:
Bereznaya, Irina
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 10-11 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2019.
[Identification of item], Leon Adlershteyn and Irina Bereznaya papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Leon Adlershteyn (Leon T͡Salimovich Adlershteĭn) was born in 1925 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a Naval architect and
researcher. Adlershteyn survived internment in Gulag forced labor camps. Adlershteyn married Irina Bereznaya, a Russian/English
translator, in 1962 and immigrated to the United States in 1994.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes memoirs, interviews, and correspondence relating to the lives of Adlershteyn and Bereznaya. Includes letters from
Gulag forced labor camps, as well as documents and memoirs relating to World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Personal narratives
Internment camps -- Soviet Union
Russians
Emigration and immigration
Russians -- United States
Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Personal correspondence
Interviews