Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Vilenskii family and Brontman family
- Abstract:
- Leonid Semenovich Vilenskii (1880-1950) was a Communist Party functionary. David Brontman (1915-2002) was a Soviet engineer specializing in aviation and space technology. The collection includes personal documents and artifacts.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box, 2 oversize boxes, digital media (2.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Leonid Vilenskii and David Brontman family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes personal documents such as a police registration card (with mugshots), a brief memoir, and a curriculum vitae relating to Leonid Vilenskii's life and career; a passport and documents relating to Vilenskii's wife, Rukhlia Gershkova Taratuta-Vilenskaya; an obituary belonging to Vilenskii's brother, Viktor Konstantinovich Taratuta; and biographical notes and artifacts (medals and pendants) relating to David Konstantinovich Brontman.
- Biographical / historical:
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Leonid Semenovich Vilenskii (1880-1950) was a Communist Party functionary; he was a delegate to the Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in 1903. David Brontman (1915-2002) was a Soviet engineer specializing in aviation and space technology. Brontman spent most of his career with the Lavochkin Aviation Bureau, working on such projects as Luna-21, Mars-2, and the Venera and Vega spacecraft.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2022.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Boxes 2 and 3 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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Leonid Vilenskii and David Brontman family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563