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Title: Garip Sultan papers
Date (inclusive): 1907-2010
Collection Number: 2016C6
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes
(20.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, and sound recordings relating to Radio Liberty broadcasting to Tatarstan
and Bashkortostan.
Creator:
Sultan, Garip
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 2015.
[Identification of item], Garip Sultan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1923 September 25 | Born, Sterlitamak-Zirgan, Bashkir Autonomous Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) |
| 1939 | Graduated from Tatar-Bashkir High School in Ishimbai, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialistic Republic (ASSR) |
| 1939-1941 | Studied at Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute in Ufa |
| 1941 | Joined the Red Army |
| 1942 | Became prisoner of war and joined with the Tatar Legion; later served as a propagandist in the Tatar Liaison office |
| 1945 | Appointed as a head of the military department of the Tatar provisional government |
| 1946-1947 | Employed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) to work in the displaced persons camp at Mittenwald, Germany as the chief of the Camp Criminal Police |
| 1951 | Graduated from the Department of Law and Political Science at the University of Hamburg, West Germany |
| 1951-1953 | Doctoral candidate (Soviet constitutional law) at University of Munich |
| 1953-1957 | Appointed writer-producer at Radio Liberty, Tatar-Bashkir Service in Munich |
| 1957 | Arrived in the United States |
| 1957-1968 | Senior editor-writer and commentator in Radio Liberty's New York office |
| 1968-1987 | Transferred to the Munich office as a deputy chief-editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service |
| 1988-1989 | Director of the Tatar-Bashkir service |
| 1989 | Retired |
| 2011 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Garip Sultan papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, transcripts of radio broadcasts and related
materials, and printed matter pertaining to Sultan's long career at Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The bulk
of the material is contained in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty series and focuses on the history of RFE/RL and the effectiveness
of its programs. The inclusion of a substantial number of sound recordings complements the series.
Also of importance are documents in the Subject File relating to Sultan's activities in the Tatar nationalists' efforts to
reestablish an Idel-Ural state independent from the Russian Federation.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Radio broadcasting -- Russia (Federation) -- Tatarstan
Radio broadcasting -- Russia (Federation) -- Bashkortostan
Radio Liberty