Register of the Russkii Obshche-voinskii soiuz (ROVS) records
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Title: Russkii Obshche-voinskii soiuz (ROVS) records
Date (inclusive): 1919-1986
Collection Number: 2008C86
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
18 microfilm reels
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: These records consist of select documents of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, (ROVS), the Russian All-Military Union. Formed
by General Petr N. Vrangel' in 1924, ROVS managed to preserve the military structure of the demilitarized White Army in exile,
while integrating its members into civilian life. ROVS played an important role in redefining the White Army's ideology, and
provided essential support to its members in emigration. These records include detailed lists of ROVS members, correspondence,
circulars, orders, and reports.
Creator:
Russkiĭ obshche-voinskiĭ soi͡uz
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], ROVS Records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
The entire collection is available on Microfilm
Location of Original Materials
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
Scope and Content of Collection
These records consist of select documents of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, ROVS, the Russian All-military union. Formed
by General Petr N. Vrangel' in 1924, ROVS managed to preserve the military structure of the demilitarized White Army in exile,
while integrating its members into civilian life. ROVS played an important role in redefining the White Army's ideology, and
provided essential support to its members in emigration.
These records include detailed lists of ROVS members, correspondence, circulars, orders, and reports.
Included are documents that predate the formation of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, such as circulars and orders of the
White Army under General A. I. Denikin, and orders of the Russian Army under General P. N. Vrangel's command.
Of particular importance is a collection of eight boxes of index cards, dating to 1924-1925, which provides personal information
of members of the Gallipoli veteran's association, included the numbers of distributed commemorative Gallipoli crosses.
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 one series: Office file
Related Material
V. K. Abdank-Kossovskii Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Sviatoslav Varlaamovich Denisov Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
ROVS Records, Bakhmeteff Archives, Columbia University
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Armii͡a
box 1
Office file
1919-1986 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, certificate, circulars, clippings, correspondence, financial accounts, guidelines, inventories, lists, menus, minutes,
notes, orders, pamphlets, questionnaire, receipts, speeches, and statutes. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 2
Circulars
1925-1965 and undated
box 1, folder 3
Clippings
1929-1931 and undated
Correspondence
1921-1969 and undated
box 1, folder 5
Arkhangel'skii, Aleksei Petrovich
1939-1954
box 1, folder 6
Kovalevskii, Vladimir Grigor'evich
1954-1955
box 1, folder 7
Krasnov, Petr Nikolaevich
1921-1927 and undated
box 1, folder 8
Lampe, Aleksei Aleksandrovich von
1951-1955
box 1, folder 9
Miller, Evgenii Karlovich
1923-1928
box 1, folder 10
Protasovich, Viktor Aleksandrovich
1955-1958
box 1, folder 11
Shatilov, Pavel Nikolaevich
1933
box 1, folder 12
Shchavinskii, Vadim Vsevolodovich
1954 and undated
box 1, folder 13
Vrangel', Petr Nikolaevich
1921-1936 and undated
box 1, folder 14
Financial accounts
1924, 1932
Lists
1920-1986 and undated
box 1, folder 16
General
1932-1934 and undated
box 1, folder 17-18
1-yi armeiskii korpus
1925 and undated
box 1, folder 19
Byvshie slushateli vysshikh voennykh kursov
1957
box 1, folder 20
Delo o chislennom sostave obshchevoinskogo soiuza
1924-1926 and undated
box 2
Gallipoli veterans union
1924-1925.
Scope and Contents note
Index cards with personal information of members
box 10, folder 1-2
Kornilovskii polk
undated
box 10, folder 3
Ofitserskie i klassnye chiny Russkoi armii
1920-1925
box 10, folder 5
Soiuz tverskikh iunkerov
1958
Orders
1924-1966 and undated
box 11, folder 18
Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke
undated
box 11, folder 21
Menus and programs
1933-1954
box 12, folder 2
Pamphlets
1932 and undated
Subject file
1919-1972 and undated
box 12, folder 6
Bogaevskii, Afrikan Petrovich
1923.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, memoir
box 12, folder 7
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich
1924-1972 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes biography, clippings, and correspondence
box 12, folder 8
Gosudarstvennoe soveshchanie, undated typed copy of minutes of 1917
box 12, folder 9
Gvardeiskoe ob"edinenie
1952.
Scope and Contents note
Reference publication
box 12, folder 10
Ivanov, Sergei Mikhailovich
1960.
Scope and Contents note
Certificate
box 12, folder 11
Miller, Evgenii Karlovich
1931-1934.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of speeches
box 12, folder 12
Obshchestvo revnitelei russkoi voennoi stariny
1946-1968 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings, correspondence, notes, and receipts
box 12, folder 13
Laws, compendium
1919.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
Russia (Territory under White Armies). Dobrovol'cheskaia armiia. Orders
box 14, folder 3
Numbers 2200-3356 (incomplete)
box 18, folder 3
Russkii korpus
1951.
Scope and Contents note
Speech, printed copy
box 18, folder 4
Skoblin, Nikolai V.
1931-1938 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes bulletins, correspondence, orders
box 18, folder 5
Soiuz chinov Russkogo korpusa
1962.
Scope and Contents note
Excerpt from minutes, and circular
box 18, folder 6
Vitkovskii, Vladimir Konstantinovich
1923.
Scope and Contents note
Reports
box 18, folder 7
Vnutrenniaia liniia
1935-1938 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes circulars, clippings, orders, and pamphlet
box 18, folder 8
Vrangel', Petr Nikolaevich
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Biography, printed copy
box 18, folder 9
Zarubezhnyi soiuz russkikh voennykh invalidov
1957-1966 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes circulars, correspondence, minutes, and statutes
