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Title: Vladimir Sergeevich Khitrovo papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-1967
Collection Number: 2008C49
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 microfilm reels
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: These papers contain the correspondence and writings of Vladimir Sergeevich Khitrovo, a graduate of the Pazheskii korpus and
participant of World War I and member of the White Army
Creator:
Khitrovo, Vladimir Sergeevich, 1891-1968
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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.
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
[Identification of item], Vladimir Sergeevich Khitrovo Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Full collection is available on microfilm. Originals not held.
Location of Original Materials
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
| 1891 | Born, Russia |
| 1910 | Graduated, Pazheskii korpus |
| 1918 | Officer in General Kirpichev's Kievskaia dobrovol'cheskaia druzhina |
| 1919 | Officer in Svodno-gvardeiskii polk Vooruzhennykh sil iuga Rossii |
| 1920 | Chief of the Russian press bureau in Constantinople |
| 1968 February 24 | Died, Paris, France |
Vladimir Sergeevich Khitrovo, born in 1891, graduated from the Pazheskii korpus in 1910 and participated in World War I. During
the Civil War in 1918 he enlisted in the White Army, serving as an officer in General Lev N. Kirpichev's Kievskaia dobrovol'cheskaia
druzhina; the following year he transferred to the Svodno-gvardeiskii polk Vooruzhennykh sil iuga Rossii. Having been evacuated
from Novorossiisk, Khitrovo became chief of the Russian press bureau in Constantinople and subsequently immigrated to France.
He was active in the alumni association of the Pazheskii korpus and the Soiuz pazhei. He was a contributor to the journal
Voennaia byl' and authored an unpublished memoir of World War I, "Vospominaniia i materialy dlia istorii. Leib-gvardii konnaia
artilleriia. Chast' II-aia. Voina 1914-1917. Pokhod v vostochnuiu Prussiiu."
Born in Stanitsa Piatiizbianskaia, Russia, on September 10, 1878,to a traditional Cossack family, he embarked on a military
career, graduating from the Donskoi kadetskii korpus in 1896 and the Mikhailovskoe artilleriiskoe uchilishche in 1898. He
served in the Twenty-first Don Cossack battery and completed the Nikolaevskaia akademiia general'nogo shtaba in 1908. In 1918,
he was a commanding officer in the Don Cossack uprising; that same year he was elevated to the rank of major general and commanding
officer of the Don Cossack Army.
Vladimir S. Khitrovo died on February 24, 1968, in Grasse, France
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers contain the correspondence and writings of Vladimir Sergeevich Khitrovo, a graduate of the Pazheskii korpus and
participant of World War I and member of the White Army. In emigration, Khitrovo was active in the alumni association of the
Pazheskii korpus, the Soiuz pazhei, which is reflected in a number of organizational files of this association, including
bylaws, correspondence, and lists of members within the Subject file. Of particular interest is Khitrovo's unpublished memoir
of World War I, "Vospominaniia i materialy dlia istorii. Leib-gvardii konnaia artilleriia. Chast' II-aia. Voina 1914-1917.
Pokhod v vostochnuiu Prussiiu," which include numerous original photographs.
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.
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Subject file, and
Photographs
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
Russians -- France
Russia. Armii͡a