Orlov (Nikolai Vasil'evich) writings, 1940

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Summary

Title:
Nikolai Vasil'evich Orlov writings
Dates:
1940
Creators:
Orlov, Nikolaĭ Vasil'evich
Abstract:
Relates to the Russian imperial Zaamurskii okrug Otdel'nogo korpusa progranichnoi strazhi.
Extent:
2 microfilm reels (0.3 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nikolai Vasil'evich Orlov Writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a manuscript history of the Zaamurskii okrug Otdel'nogo korpusa pogranichnoi strazhi, 1898-1917, compiled by one of its officers.

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 Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.

Biographical / historical:

Colonel N. V. Orlov served most of his military career in the Zaamurskii okrug Otdel'nogo korpusa pogranichnoi strazhi (Transamur district of the Russian border guard), and commanded its Fourteenth Regiment during the First World War.

His handwritten history of the Zaamurtsy covers the history of this district and its troops from its formation in 1898 until its dissolution (along with the entire Russian army) in 1917. Following this dissolution, Orlov returned to Harbin, where in 1918 he participated in forming a new unit to guard the Chinese Eastern Railway. This Okhrannaia strazha disarmed the pro-Bolshevik railroad regiments then in place, and formed the basis for the military force of the Chinese Eastern Railway. When Chinese troops took over its barracks in March 1920, the Okhrannaia strazha was disbanded and Orlov retired. Wounded in battle and crippled in the use of both his hands, Orlov's five-volume history is a monument to his own perseverance as much as it is to the soldiers he writes about.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-01 16:25:51.805359

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nikolai Vasil'evich Orlov Writings, [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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