Register of the Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers

Date (inclusive): 1914-1950

Collection Number: XX535

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Russian

Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, and clippings relating to White Russian and Soviet activities in Mongolia during the Russian Revolution, and the Russian émigré population during the Russian Civil War and subsequent years. Includes a memoir entitled Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go Veka relating to counter-revolutionary events in Mongolia during the Russian Revolution, and a translation by Elena Varneck of the memoir. Microfilm copies of memoir and translation available (2 reels).

Creator: Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976

Creator: Pershin, Dimitriĭ Petrovich

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternate Forms Available

Microfilm copies of memoir Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go Veka and translation by Elena Varneck available (2 reels).

Biographical Note

Dimitriĭ Petrovich Pershin was a White Russian diplomat in Mongolia from 1918 to 1921, a Russian historian and novelist, and subsequently a Russian émigré in China.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of the writings of Pershin, as well as some correspondence and a small amount of biographical material. Among his writings is the memoir Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak : Zapiski Ochevidtsa Smutnom Vremeni vo Vneshneĭ (Khakhaskoĭ) Mongoliĭ v Pervoĭ Treti II-go Veka , based on his experiences in Siberia, the Transbaikal region of the Far East, and Mongolia between 1918 and 1921. The memoirs include notes, research materials, holographs, typescripts, and a final draft. The papers also include an English translation of the memoir by Russian-American historian Elena Varneck.

Related Materials

Baron Roman Fedorovich Ungern-Shternberg miscellaneous writings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

N. M. Riabukhin typescript: The story of Baron Ungern-Shternberg, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Sergei Lavrov holograph: Sobytiia v Mongolii-Khalkhie, 1920-1921 godakh: voenno-istoricheskii ocherk-vospominaniia, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

N. N. Kniazev typescript: The legendary baron: from reminiscences about Lieutenant-General Baron Ungern, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Boris N. Volkov papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Elena Varneck papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Mongolia -- History

Russians -- East Asia

Ungern-Sternberg, Roman, 1885-1921

box 1, folder 1

Biographical File 1914-1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes certificates of Mongolian government awards, a travel document, and son Oleg Dmitrievich Pershin's residential permits.

Correspondence 1927-1935

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically.

box 1, folder 2

Unidentified 1929-1934

box 1, folder 3

Belorukova, IU. 1933-1935

box 1, folder 4

Egorov, G. S. 1935

box 1, folder 5

Grinevich, F. 1932-1935

box 1, folder 6

Iden-Zeller, A. 1932

box 1, folder 7

Kozlov, E. 1935

box 1, folder 8

Liubushkin, V. I. 1934

box 1, folder 9

Marsh, O. 1935

box 1, folder 10

Perevaloff, I. I. 1935

box 1, folder 11

Pershin, O. D. (son) 1929-1931

box 1, folder 12

Pershin, Z. (wife) 1930-1936

box 1, folder 12

Porfirii, Ieronim 1935

box 1, folder 13

Prostoff, M. 1931-1933

box 1, folder 14

Redkin, K. 1932-1934

box 1, folder 15

Rovensky, L. P. 1935

box 1, folder 16

Smit, A. circa 1930

box 1, folder 17

Svechnikov, A. 1929

box 1, folder 18

Vasiliev-Dubrovsky, A. N. 1932

box 1, folder 19

Vylegzhanin circa 1930

box 1, folder 20

Walkoff, B. 1927

Writings 1914-1950

Scope and Contents note

Consists of articles and memoirs, including notes, research papers, holographs, and typescripts. Arranged alphabetically by title.

box 1, folder 21-25

Untitled holographs circa 1920

box 2, folder 1-4

"Baron Ungern, Urga i Altan-Bulak. Zapiski ochevidtsa o smutnom vremeni vo vneshneĭ (Khalkhaskoĭ) Mongolii v pervoĭ treti XX-go veka," circa 1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes holograph, typescript, and English translation by Elena Varneck, 1950.

box 2, folder 5

"IUzhnaia (Vnutrenniaia) Mongoliia," holograph circa 1930

box 3, folder 1

Iz Irkutska v Tunkinskii krai (iz dorozhnykh ocherkov), clippings circa 1930

box 3, folder 2

"Iz istorii buddizma," holograph circa 1920

box 3, folder 3

Koe-chto o chae, clippings 1931

box 3, folder 4

Komintern i Mongoliia, clipping circa 1930

box 3, folder 5

"Kulinarnyi etud," holograph circa 1920

box 3, folder 6-7

"Nabroski i zametki o Severnom Kitae i oboikh Mongoliiakh," holograph circa 1920

box 3, folder 8

"Po Mongolii," holograph 1914

box 3, folder 9

Po Zabaikal'iu, clippings circa 1930

box 3, folder 10

Tibetskie Dalai-lamy, clippings 1931