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Title: Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov papers
Date (inclusive): 1884-1973
Collection Number: XX876
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Russian
Physical Description:
1 folder, 5 microfilm reels
(0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, military documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian participation
in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Don Cossacks, and Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Krasnov, P. N. (Petr Nikolaevich), 1869-1947
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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Materials were acquired by Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
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[Identification of item], P. N. Krasnov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
A portion of the collection is available on Microfilm
Location of Originals
In part, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
Biographical Chronology
1869 September 22 |
Born, St. Petersburg, Russia |
1888 |
Graduated, Pavlovskoe voennoe uchilishche |
1903 |
Author,
Po Azii. Putevye ocherki Manchzhurii, Dalniago Vostoka, Kitaia, Iaponii i Indii
|
1910 |
Colonel, commanding officer, 1st Siberian Cossack regiment |
1913 |
Commanding officer, 10th Don Cossack regiment |
1914 |
Major General, commanding officer, 1st Don division |
1917 |
Commanding officer, 3rd Cavalry corps |
1918 |
Retired |
|
Elected ataman of Don Cossacks |
1921 |
Author,
Ot dvuglavogo orla k krasnomu znameni, 1894-1921
|
1922 |
Author,
Vsevelikoe voisko donskoe
|
1923 |
Author,
Poniat'-prostit': roman v 4 chastiakh
|
1927 |
Author,
Dusha armii: ocherki o voennoi psikhologii
|
1931 |
Author,
Vypash
|
1937 |
Author,
Nakanunie voiny: iz zhizni pogranichnogo garnizona
|
1943 |
Head of Cossack units within the German Army |
1945 |
Turned over by the British Army to Soviet authorities, along with thousands of Cossacks at Lienz, Austria |
1947 January 16 |
Executed, Moscow (?), USSR |
Biographical / Historical
Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov was born into a Cossack military family: his father was a lieutenant-general, his grandfather, a
general. Krasnov graduated from the Pavlovskoe voennoe uchilishche in 1888. He began his literary career early, authoring
a log of his travels in the Far East in 1903. In 1910, Krasnov served as colonel and commanding officer of the First Siberian
Cossack regiment. By 1914, Krasnov had risen to the rank of major general of the First Don division. Fleeing to the Don region
to escape the Russian revolution, Krasnov was elected ataman of the Don Cossacks in 1918, after which he ousted the Soviets
from the Don region and headed up the Don Cossack uprising. After suffering the ensuing defeat, Krasnov immigrated to Germany,
retired from military life, and devoted himself to his literary career.
Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov
During his retirement, General Krasnov published numerous books, many of which were translated into German, English, and other
languages. He came out of his military retirement in 1943 to organize and lead Cossack units in the German Army. After Germany's
defeat, General Krasnov was turned over to the Soviet authorities by the British Army. He was hung in Moscow in 1947.
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers reflect the literary activities of General Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov, Don Cossack Ataman, writer and historian.
Most of his writings in emigration focus on the events leading up to the Russian revolution, as well as on the revolution
and its aftermath themselves. Krasnov also focused on the history of the Don Cossacks. His writings have been published in
translation in English, German and other languages. This collection consists of detailed correspondence mainly related to
his writings and personal matters, and also reviews of his published works. The Speeches and Writings file consists mainly
of correspondence related to and reviews of his writings.
The Subject File consists of various materials on the Don Cossacks, including minutes of meetings, reports, official documents
and publications, dating from 1917 to 1944.
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 the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy
Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this
register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those
of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into six series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Don Cossack File, Printed
Matter, and Photographs
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
Cossacks
Russia. Armii͡a