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Title: Konstanty Zdanski papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-2015
Collection Number: 2016C41
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(4.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and photographs relating to the Russian community in China and to Polish-Soviet trade relations.
Creator:
Zdanski, Konstanty
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 2016.
[Identification of item], Konstanty Zdanski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Konstanty Zdanski was a Polish-Russian resident of Harbin, China during the 1920s and 1930s; he subsequently served as a Polish
trade agent in the Soviet Union.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Konstanty Zdanski papers includes two memoirs covering his life in Harbin, repatriation to Poland in 1952, and his career
as a Polish trade agent to the USSR. There is some poetry and other minor papers, as well as photo albums depicting family
members, life in Harbin, the USSR, and Poland. There is also an album of photographs of the Smolnyi Institute circa 1905,
from which Konstantin Zdanski's mother (E. Kubarovskaia) graduated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russians -- China
Poland -- Commerce -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Commerce -- Poland