Inventory of the Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
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Title: Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers
Date (inclusive): 1956-2008
Collection Number: 2013C8
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, samizdat publications, and photographs relating to political dissent in the Soviet Union and to
the establishment of independent labor organizations in post-Soviet Russia.
Creator:
Dashkevich, Igor Aleksandrovich, 1956-2008
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographical Note
Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich, a Russian dissident, journalist, and political activist from Saint Petersburg, was involved
in establishing independent trade unions and independent political and trade union publications during and immediately after
the collapse of the Soviet system.
As a representative of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in Saint Petersburg
from 1993 to 1996, Dashkevich played an important role in uniting independent labor unions in the mid-1990s: so many had sprung
up by that time that no one could keep track of them. Through his periodical,
Nezavisimyi rabochii vestnik (
Independent Worker's Herald), Dashkevich maintained contact with those trade unions and published a field guide to them, making it possible for their
leaders to contact one another and seek ways to create a united labor front in Saint Petersburg.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich include personal and biographical documents, correspondence, and published and
unpublished manuscripts. The collection, through memoirs, interviews, samizdat publications, and other materials collected
by Dashkevich, documents the changing nature of samizdat published during the final years of Soviet rule and the emergence
of an independent press with a wealth of publications on dissident life in Leningrad in the 1980s.
The collection also includes information on workers' protests in the early 1990s, including the Saint Petersburg teachers'
strikes (1991 to 1992). Another side of Dashkevich's activity is seen in the materials relating to the Rubicon Library, as
he attempted to document the newly burgeoning free press and publications by independent organizations and preserve their
printed material in Western libraries. The latest documents in the collection relate to Dashkevich's arrest for participating
in political protests in 2007.
Whenever possible, the original folder titles given by the creator have been maintained (in transliterated Russian on the
physical folders, translated into English in this guide). Within individual folders, materials have been kept in their original
order as accumulated by the creator.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor movement -- Russia (Federation)
Journalists
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Journalism -- Soviet Union
Journalism -- Russia (Federation)
box 1, folder 1-3
File 1:
Paragraf, samizdat magazine layout, No. 9
1989 April
File 2: Revol't Pimenov writings
1988-1990
box 1, folder 4-5
"Bor'ba za konstitutsiiu," typescript, samizdat, Syktyvkar,
1988
box 1, folder 6-7
"Odin politicheskii process," typescript,
1990
box 1, folder 8-10
Files 3-4:
KLIO, samizdat magazine layouts
1988-1990
box 2, folder 1-2
Files 3-4:
KLIO, samizdat magazine layouts
1988-1990
box 2, folder 3-7
File 5:
NeRV, Nezavisimyi rabochii vestnik, Nos. 1-38, St. Petersburg,
1992
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Spravochnik po novym rabochim i profsoiuznym organizatsiiam g. Peterburga."
File 6: Nikolai Ivanovskii writings, typescripts,
circa 1980
box 2, folder 8
"Bylo, da byl'em poroslo..."
box 2, folder 9
"Svobodu vy liubite, svobodoi dorozhite"
box 2, folder 12
"Vashei mame ziat' ne nuzhen?"
box 3, folder 1
"Pogoda glupaia...dozhd'"
box 3, folder 3
"Dal'she solntsa ne ugoniat"
File 7: Aleksandr Suetnov writings, typescripts,
2001-2002
box 3, folder 5-6
"Shpargalka dlia istorika,"
2002
box 3, folder 7
"Irrevoliutsiia: zapiski o Rossiiskoi smute,"
2001
File 8: Elena Nikolaevna Strukova
1989-2002
box 3, folder 8-9
"Analiticheskaia periodicheskaia pechat' i ee rol' v stanovlenii mnogopartiinosti v Rossii (1987-1996)," dissertation,
2002
Scope and Contents note
Includes research material.
box 3, folder 10
Photographs, notes, and drawings,
circa 1989-2000
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs depicting Dashkevich.
box 3, folder 11-12
File 9: I. Konstantinov, K. Davydov-Tishchenko, A. Ulanov
1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes writings, research material, and correspondence.
box 4, folder 1-2
File 10: Vladimir Bol'shakov writings
1992-2002
box 4, folder 3-4
File 11: Writings by Arsen'ev and others, typescripts,
1985-1990
box 4, folder 5-8
File 12: Accounting and correspondence of
NeRV and
Rubikon newspaper editorial board and
KLIO fund
1990-2004
File 13: Samizdat
1950-1980
box 4, folder 9
"Kogda ia vernus'," by Aleksandr Galich, photocopy,
circa 1980
box 4, folder 10
"Evreiskoe dazibao (Jewish Dazibao)," by Igor' Guberman, typescript,
1980
box 4, folder 11-12
Photographs,
1950-1980
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of A. Galich, B. Pasternak, V. Vysotskii, A. Solzhenitsyn, J. Brodsky, B. Okudzhava, and others.
box 5, folder 1
File 14: Igor Dashkevich writings, typescripts,
1985-1992
box 5, folder 2-4
File 15: Igor Dashkevich projects of different years
1980-2003
box 5, folder 5-7
File 16: Tres Dias
2002-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs, list of followers, and printed matter relating to Dashkevich's fundraising activities at the St. Petersburg
branch of the Tres Dias international Christian organization.
box 5, folder 8-9
File 17: RAFPROFIO
1993-1996
Scope and Contents note
Includes the Russko-Amerikanskii Fond Profsoiuznykh Issledovanii i Obucheniia (RAFPROFIO) (Russian American Foundation for
Trade-Union Research & Education) program, reports, and memoranda.
box 5, folder 10
Files 18-19: Rubicon Library
1990-1991
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, shipping lists, invoices, and other materials relating to the independent library at
Rubikon (Magazin für die kritische Masse) and its international business collaboration with other libraries and archives.
box 6, folder 1-3
Files 18-19: Rubicon Library
1990-1991
box 6, folder 4
File 20: Helsinki University Library
1990-1992
Scope and Contents note
Includes shipping lists and correspondence.
box 6, folder 5
File 21: USA, Professor Frederick Van Doren
1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, orders, and shipping lists.
box 6, folder 6
File 22: Canada, The University of British Columbia
1990-1992
box 6, folder 7
File 23: Columbia University, Evgenii Beshenkovski,
1990-1992
Scope and Contents note
Includes invoices.
box 6, folder 8-10
File 24: Source materials for
Rubikon,
1993-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes writings, notes, correspondence, and clippings.
box 6, folder 11-12
File 25: Miscellany
2004-2007
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials relating to Dashkevich's administrative infraction for his participation in political activities.
box 6, folder 13-14
File 26: University
1977-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials relating to Dashkevich's study at St. Petersburg University.
box 7, folder 1-2
File 26: University
1977-2004
File 27: Igor Dashkevich, life
1956-2008
Scope and Contents note
Includes biographical materials documenting Dashkevich's life.
box 7, folder 3
Biographical file,
1978-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes passport, driving license, marriage certificate, and biographical note by Dashkevich's mother.
box 7, folder 4
Education file,
1973-1977
Scope and Contents note
Includes educational activities award certificates. See also: File 26: University.
box 7, folder 5
Writings,
1978-1984
Scope and Contents note
Includes recollections on the Riabov trial in St. Petersburg.
box 7, folder 6-10
Photographs,
1956-2008
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs depicting Dashkevich, his family and friends.
File 28: Correspondence
1982-2007
box 7, folder 11
General,
1982-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence relating to independent press publishing and distribution.
box 7, folder 12-14
Purto, Victoria (Dashkevich's mother),
1986-2007
box 7, folder 15-16
File 29: Immigration
1973-1983
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, appeals, statements, and other materials relating to the immigration of the Dashkevich - Purto family.