Register of the Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Surnin papers

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Title: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Surnin papers

Date (inclusive): 1926-2004

Collection Number: 2003C18

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Russian

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Lectures, correspondence, bulletins, financial records, and photographs, relating to Russian military history and to Russian émigréaffairs. Includes papers of the widow of A. A. Surnin.

Creator: Surnin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2003.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Surnin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Major general, White Russian army; subsequently émigréin China and the United States.

Scope and Content of Collection

Lectures, correspondence, bulletins, financial records, and photographs, relating to Russian military history and to Russian émigréaffairs. Includes papers of the widow of A. A. Surnin.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russia -- History, Military

Russians -- China

Officers

Russia -- United States

Russia. Armii͡a

Medals 1898-1918

Scope and Contents

Military badge and medals belonging to Major General A. A. Surnin

box 1, item A

Silver St. George medal "For Bravery" ("За храбрость") 4th class circa 1914

Scope and Contents

On a St. George ribbon

box 1, item B

Life-Guards Pavlovsky Regiment badge circa 1898-1902

Scope and Contents

Based on the Cross for victory at Preussisch-Eylau in 1807

box 1, item C

Order of St. Vladimir 4th class with swords and bow 1915

Scope and Contents

Institution date of 22 September 1782 on reverse

box 1, item D

French Croix de Guerre with palm leaf 1918

Scope and Contents

Awarded to General Surnin in 1919

Writings 1922

box 1, folder 1

"Prichiny povstancheskago dvizheniia" ("Причины повстанческого движения") circa 1922

Scope and Contents

Typescript

box 1, folder 2

Voennoe vospitanie. Lektsii (Военное воспитание. Лекции) 1922

Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript containing lectures on military education

box 1, folder 3

Untitled chapters found in back of "Voennoe vospitanie" circa 1922

Scope and Contents

Typescript

Family File - Surnina, Evgeniia Vital'evna (wife) 1945-2004

box 1, folder 4

Biographical 1950-2004

Scope and Contents

Includes death notices, a memoir of E. V. Surnina by her daughter, an obituary, and other documents

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence 1945-1951

Scope and Contents

Letters from Shanghai from V. and A. Straus

box 1, folder 6

Writings by others 1957-1973, undated

Scope and Contents

Handwritten copies by E. V. Surnina of writings about the Russian monarchy, Soviet Union, and the end of the Vietnam War

Subject File 1926-1973

box 1, folder 7

Dom Sviatogo Vladimira (Дом Св. Владимира) 1950

Scope and Contents

Charity ball in honor of first anniversary of organization

box 1, folder 8-10

Obshchestvo russkikh veteranov Velikoi voiny (Общество русских ветеранов Великой войны) 1949-1973

Scope and Contents

Annual meeting reports, a historical sketch, and notices to members

box 1, folder 11

Russkii kommercheskii institut (Русский коммерческий институт), Shanghai 1943-1944

Scope and Contents

Lists of courses and course syllabuses

box 1, folder 12

Union of the Knights of the Order of St. George of the Great War, Shanghai 1926

Scope and Contents

Printed copy of the Union's constitution

Photographs 1896-1978

box 1, folder 13

Nicholas II 1896-circa 1906

Scope and Contents

Photograph of a painting of Nicholas II in his coronation robe and a photograph of Nicholas II on horseback and Empress Alexandra in an automobile

box 1, folder 14

Surnina, Evgeniia Vital'evna (Сурнина, Евгения Витальевна) 1934-1978

Scope and Contents

8 photographs