Register of the Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii papers
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Title: Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1978
Collection Number: 2001C38
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 microfilm reels
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia, and
to Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Semchevskiĭ, Konstantin Vasilʹevich, 1894-1978
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Chronology
1894 May 6 |
Born, Russia |
1913 |
Commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Life-Guard Horse Artillery |
|
Graduated, Corps de Pages, St. Petersburg, Russia |
1918 |
Temporary chief of operations section, Siberian Army headquarters |
|
Captain, Siberian Army |
1919 |
Instructor, military school, Vladivostok |
1920 February |
Promoted to Colonel and appointed Quartermaster-General, Third Army, Siberia |
1950 |
Arrived, United States |
1978 |
Died, United States |
Biography
Colonel K. V. Semchevskii was born on 6 May 1894 (O. S.) in Tiflis (Tbilisi). After graduating with honors from the Corps
de Pages in 1913, he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the Life Guard Horse Artillery, with which he served until 1917.
In October of that year, he entered the General Staff Academy, where he studied through July 1918, when, with a group of fellow
officers, he escaped from Ekaterinburg to join Siberian White military units operating in the area. In August 1918 he was
appointed head of the operations section of the army staff in Omsk, and promoted to the rank of guards captain the following
month. In December 1918, he was appointed an instructor at an army school in Vladivostok. In November 1919, he assumed the
duties of chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division, taking command of its remnants to lead them out of encirclement in January
1920. The following month, Semchevskii was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed quartermaster general of the 3rd
Army (from March 1920 - III Corps).
Along with his wife, Elena Vasil'evna Semchevskaia (a writer and poet), Semchevskii lived in China until emigrating to the
United States in 1950. He wrote his memoirs, primarily of life in the Corps de Pages, and maintained correspondence with many
of his fellow pages through the 1970s. He also taught at the Army Language School in Monterey, California, where he died in
February 1978.
Scope and Content Note
K. V. Semchevskii was a Russian army colonel and member of the association of graduates of the Corps de Pages and former officers
of the Guards Horse Artillery. Most of the correspondence (almost entirely with former comrades-in-arms), writings, and subject
file reflect his involvement in these organizations and general information on Russian military history. The SUBJECT FILE/Russia.
Armiia/General contains the diary of Gen. Bezobrazov for 1917-1924.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum
of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available
at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Officers
Russia. Armii͡a
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1917-1978
reel 1
Clippings about or mentioning Semchevskii
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1.
Family file - Semchevskaia, Elena V. (wife)
reel 1
Clippings about or mentioning Semchevskaia
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2.
reel 1
Identity papers
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 3.
reel 1
Letter of thanks
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4.
reel 1
Writings
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5. Include letter to the editor and two short stories
reel 1
Military service records
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 6. See also scrapbook.
reel 1
Scrapbook
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 7. Includes photographs, military service records, and miscellaneous documents
reel 1
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 8. Includes statement and other documents relating to Semchevskii's activities during
and after the Second World War
reel 1
General
1957-1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 9.
reel 1
Unidentified
1973-1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 10.
reel 1
Andro de Lanzheron, Svetlana Romanovna
1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 11.
reel 1
Aprelev, V.
1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 12.
reel 1
Armfel'dt, Vladimir
1976-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 13.
reel 1
Babushkin, Boris Alekseevich
1976-1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 14.
reel 1
Barklai de Tolli
1958 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 15.
reel 1
Belosel'skii, Sergei, Prince
1947-1954 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 16.
reel 1
Burman, V.
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 17.
reel 1
Chagin, Gleb
1978
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 18.
reel 1
Daragan, Ivan and Elena
1966-1973 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 19.
reel 1
Derozhinskii, B.
1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 20.
reel 1
Domershchikov, N.
1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 21.
reel 1
Gattenberger, P.
1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 22. Includes associated correspondence with V. Sokolov, 1976
reel 1
Gershel'man family
1975-1976 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 23.
reel 1
Gonetskii, Nikolai
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 24.
reel 1
Grekova, Liubov' Sergeevna
1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 25.
reel 1
Il'ina, Ol'ga
1975 (?)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 26.
reel 1
Khitrovo, Mikhail Sergeevich
1966-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 27.
reel 1
Khitrovo, Vladimir Sergeevich
1961-1968 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 28.
reel 1
Kiselevskii, Kirill, Vasil'evich
1970-1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 29.
reel 1
Korbe, Nikolai Sergeevich
1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 30.
reel 1
Koval'skii, V.
1969-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 31.
reel 1
Kurcheninov, Valerian Sergeevich
1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 32.
reel 1
Lyons, Marvin
1973 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 33.
reel 1
Magerovskii, Lev Florianovich
1975-1978
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 34. Includes associated correspondence
reel 1
Maksheev, L. and Maksheeva, A.
1966-1969
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 35.
reel 1
Meshcherinov, Sergei Aleksandrovich
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 36.
reel 1
Meyendorff, Georgii and Rita
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 37.
reel 1
Mikhailov, Mikhail Nikolaevich
1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 38.
reel 1
Mikhalevskii, Sergei
1971-1978
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 39.
reel 1
Miliutin, G.
1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 40.
reel 1
Obruchev, Nikolai Sergeevich
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 41.
reel 1
Olfer'ev, Fedor Sergeevich
1966-1968
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 42.
reel 1
Onoshkovich-Iatsyna, Evgenii Nikolaevich
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 43.
reel 1
Polianskii, A.
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 44.
reel 1
Putiatin, Sergei
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 45.
reel 1
Rerberg, Petr F.
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 46.
reel 1
Rogozhin, A.
1947
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 47.
reel 1
Romanenko, A. I.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 48.
reel 1
Sannikov, Sergei Aleksandrovich
1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 49.
reel 1
Silin, Vladimir
1976 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 50.
reel 1
Stenbok-Fermor, Ivan Ivanovich
1974-1977
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 51.
reel 2
Stolypin, A.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 1.
reel 2
Timchenko-Ruban, Vladimir Nikolaevich
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 2.
reel 2
Unkovskii family
1975 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 3.
reel 2
Val'ter, Valerii Kirillovich
1966-1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 4.
reel 2
Vasil'ev, Rostislav Mstislavovich
1973-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 5.
reel 2
Velikosel'skii, V.
1974-1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 6.
reel 2
Vrangel', Karl
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 7.
reel 2
Vuich, Nikolai Emmanuilovich
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 8.
reel 2
Zhadvoin, Nikolai Leonidovich
1968-1977
Scope and Content note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 9.
reel 2
Zhivkovich, Petr
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 10.
reel 2
Zubov, Nikolai Nikolaevich
1970-1977 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 11.
reel 2
"Obshchimi usiliiami - spravilis',"
1948 January 12
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 12. Typescript. Includes related clippings
Untitled memoirs (fragments)
1964
reel 2
Holograph
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 13.
reel 2
Typescript
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 14.
reel 2
Printed copy (
Sbornik Soiuza pazhei, )
1964 February
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 15.
reel 2
"Vladimir Vasil'evich Semchevskii,"
1967 November 12
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 16. Typescript
reel 2
"Russkaia armiia v romane Solzhenitsyna 'Avgust Chetyrnadtsatogo',"
Russkaia zhizn'
1972 March 7
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 17. Printed copy. Includes background materials
reel 2
Letter to the editor,
Russkaia zhizn'
1975
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 18. Printed copy
reel 2
General
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 19. Includes diary of Gen. Bezobrazov, 1917-1924, and other materials relating to
the Konvoi and Konnogvardeiskoe ob"edinenie
reel 2
Corps de Pages
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 20. Includes financial records relating to mutual aid of Pages abroad, lists of former
pages in emigration, and a typed memoir of the Corps de Pages by P. P. Gudim-Levkovich
reel 2
Leib-gvardii Konno-artilleriiskii polk
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 21. Includes lists of members of the regimental association abroad
reel 2
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 22.
reel 2
PHOTOGRAPHS
undated
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 23. One color reproduction of a painting depicting a Russian military unit, and three
prints depicting Semchevskii and friend, a group of officers, and an unidentified interior