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Title: Mikhail Sokolov papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1978
Collection Number: 2022C20
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Mikhail Sokolov was a Russian Orthodox priest and former naval officer. Papers primarily relate to Russian military and naval
history, particularly the fate of military school cadets and naval officers who emigrated after the 1917 revolution. Contains
lists reports, minutes and photographs.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 2 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 2022.
[Identification of item], Mikhail Sokolov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Mikhail Sokolov was a Russian Orthodox priest and former naval officer active in France in the interwar years and later in
San Francisco.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers primarily relate to Russian military and naval history, particularly the fate of military school cadets and naval officers
who emigrated after the 1917 revolution. Contains lists of Russian émigré officers with dates of death and places of burial,
papers related to the Kaiut-kompaniia, a society of naval officers in San Francisco, and photographs. Also includes documents
relating to a society of alumni of Russian military school cadets (Pervyi kadetskii korpus) in France in the 1920s, materials
related to the Russian Theological Institute in Paris in the 1930s, and handwritten lists, reports, and minutes from Mitrofanov
monastery in Voronezh in 1919.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians
San Francisco (Calif.)
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Russia. Voennyĭ flot -- Officers
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ -- Clergy