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Title: Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff papers
Date (inclusive): 1785-1981
Collection Number: 2019C56
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian, English, and French
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff (aka Theodore Olferieff) was a Russian career military officer. The Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff
papers includes biographical materials on Olferieff and his wife, original manuscript of his memoirs, Soviet Russia in the
Orient typscript, photographs depicting members of the Olferʹev family in Russia and California, and memorabilia.
Creator:
Olferieff, Fyodor Sergeyevich, 1885-1971
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 4 and 5 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Papers acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2019. Typescript acquired in 2008.
[Identification of item], Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Collection Number ZZ116 was absorbed by this collection in May 2022 when the The Theo Olferieff typescript: Soviet Russia
in the Orient to this collection. Any existing citations to the typscript should now point to the Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff
papers. The item-level record for the typscript remains within Stanford Libraries catalog.
Born into a noble family, Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff (who legally changed his name to Theodore when he came to the United
States) was a Russian career military officer who observed firsthand key events of the early twentieth century, including
the 1905-7 revolution, the Great War, the collapse of the imperial state, and the civil wars in Ukraine and Crimea.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains biographical materials on Olferieff and his wife, original manuscript of his memoirs, photographs
depicting members of the Olferʹev family in Russia and California, and memorabilia, such as an icon presented to Olferʹev
on the 50th anniversary of his service in the Horse Grenadiers. Printed matter in the collection includes an account of the
Alfer'ev (Olferʹev) family in the XV-XVII centuries and the second volume of Istorii︠a︡ leĭb-gvardii konno-grenaderskago polka
(St. Petersburg, 1903), which chronicles the history of the Life Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment from 1803 to 1814, as well
as a 1932 typescript: Soviet Russia in the Orient, relating to military defenses in the Soviet Far East.
Content from this collection has been digitized and is available via the
Hoover Institution Library & Archives Digital Collections portal .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nobility -- Russia
Russia -- Armed Forces
Officers
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917
Soviet Union -- History
Siberia (Russia) -- Defenses
Soviet Union -- Defenses
Olferieff, Fyodor Sergeyevich, 1885-1971