Inventory of the Mikhail Sokolov papers
Finding aid prepared by Anna Knapp and Jessica Lemieux
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2022
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Stanford University
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mikhail Sokolov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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
box 1, folder 1
Materials related to naval activities
1920, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes 1 black and white photograph of the armored icebreaking ship Gaidamak.
box 1, folder 2
Photographs of the battleship General Alekseev
1922
box 1, folder 3
Lists of officers with dates of death and places of burial
1967-1970, undated
box 1, folder 4
Naval officer list
1970, undated
box 1, folder 5
Reports and clippings on the death of Admiral K. V. Sheveleva
1949, 1971
box 1, folder 6
Correspondence, Kaiut-kompaniia
1978
Scope and Contents
Kaiut-kompaniia is the Association of Former Russian Naval Officers in San Francisco, California.
box 1, folder 7
On the 59th anniversary of the death of Admiral Kolchak
undated
box 1, folder 8
Printed material on naval activity
1928
undated
Scope and Contents
File includes clippings and book titled Zarubezhnyĭ Morskoĭ Sbornikʺ
box 1, folder 9
List of Russian military school cadets
1929
Scope and Contents
File contains list of cadets from the Pervyi kadetskii korpus in France.
box 1, folder 10
Materials related to the Russian Theological Institute in Paris
1938
undated
box 2
Documents regarding religious persecution in Soviet Russia
1919
Conditions Governing Access
Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
