Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneev papers, 1850-1998

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Summary

Creators:
Taneev, SergeÄ­ Aleksandrovich, 1887-1975
Abstract:
Sergei Taneev was a Captain in the Russian Imperial army, and was married to Tinatine Djordjadze. The collection contains correspondence, notes, government documents, certificates, printed matter, photographs, and books, relating to the Russian Imperial army and Russian émigrélife. It also includes papers of the father and grandfather of S. A. Taneev, both tsarist government officials.
Extent:
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 card file box (4.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneev papers consist of biographical documents, correspondence, memoirs, other writings, photographs and printed matter relate to the Russian Imperial army and Russian émigré life.

Papers of other members of the Taneev family include the manuscript of memoirs written by Sergei Taneev's sister Anna Vyrubova subsequent to the publication of her Memoirs of the Russian Court in 1923 and the photographs she took of members of the Romanov family.

Biographical / historical:

Sergei Taneev was a Captain in the Russian Imperial army, and was married to Tinatine Djordjadze. Taneev's sister, Anna (married surname Vyrubova) was a lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Fedorovna and one of her closest confidantes.

Chronology
Date Event
1887 February 19
Born St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
1910 May 15
Graduates from University of St. Petersburg
1910 June 12
Begins service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
1912 August 26
Appointed master of ceremonies of the Imperial Court
1914 July 20
Called to active military service with the 9th Army
1915 October 17
Promoted to the rank of poruchik (cavalry second lieutenant)
1916 February 21
Named first lieutenant of cavalry
1916 November 2 – 1917 January
Received accelerated officer training at the Imperial Alexander Military Academy
1917 February 5
Married Princess Tinatina Il'inichna Djordjadze in Petrograd, Russia
1918 February 28
Transferred to the reserve of the 9th Army
1918
Birth of daughter Nina
1919
Liaison officer with British forces in the Trans-Caucasus
1919 December – 1923 December
Worked as an accountant, bookkeeper and secretary for a trading company and refugee relief organizations in Constantinople, Turkey
1924 November 2
Arrived in the United States with wife and daughter
1924 December 23
Death of daughter Nina
1925-1959
Employed by Marine Midland Trust Co. and other banks
1975 February 1
Died, New York, NY
1987 July 23
Death of Tinatina Taneev
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into ten series: Biographical file, correspondence, diary, writings, family file, subject file, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and oversize file.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 10 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.

Terms of access:

May not be published without written permission of Tinatine Taneyew or her executor. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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