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Title: Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1985
Collection Number: 2008C47
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
34 microfilm reels
(5.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, consular and financial records, writings, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to
the Russian emigration. Used for a Zarubezhnaia Rus' exhibit. Includes some papers of V. K. Abdank-Kossovskii.
source:
Abdank-Kossovskiĭ, Vladimir Konkordovich, -1962
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
[Identification of item], Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskii papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
A portion of the collection is available on Microfilm
Location of Original Materials
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
| 1885 June 16 | Born, Vitebsk Guberniia, Russia |
| 1921 | Author, Sila i chelovek, Sovremennaia nemetskaia mysl': sbornik statei |
| 1922 | Arrived in Paris, France, from Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1922-1962 | Journalist in the Russian émigré press |
| 1962 April 19 | Died, Grasse, France |
Vladimir Abdank-Kossovskii was born in Vitebskaia guberniia, Russia, on June 16, 1885. He was educated in the Lazarevskii
institut vostochnykh iazykov, the Aleksandrovskoe voennoe uchilishche, the Ofitserskaia elektrotekhnicheskaia shkola, and
the History and Philology Department of the Imperatorskii Novorossiiskii universitet.
During World War I, Abdank-Kossovskii, who served as an engineer officer, received several medals for his service, including
the St. George Cross and the Order of St. Anna. He then enlisted in the White Army; after the end of the Civil War he was
evacuated to Tunis. In the early 1920s, he arrived in France, where he became active in Russian émigré monarchist organizations.
Sharing the fate of numerous émigrés unable to find employment in their profession, Abdank-Kossovskii found work in factories
and as a cab driver in Paris.
Being interested in journalism, Abdank-Kossovskii frequently contributed to Vozrozhdenie and other Russian émigré newspapers
and was thus able to indulge his passion for Russian history and the fate of the Russian diaspora. He began collecting materials
on the lives of Russian émigrés on different continents and established an exhibit entitled "Zarubezhnaia Rus'," which chronicled
the fate of Russians abroad from 1916 to 1961.
Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskii died on April 19, 1962, in Grasse, France.
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers consist primarily of materials collected by Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskii for the exhibit "Zarubezhnaia
Rus'," which chronicled the fate and life of Russian émigrés beginning in 1916 up to 1961.
Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskii was a graduate of the Lazarevskii institut vostochnykh iazykov, the Aleksandrovskoe
voennoe uchilishche, the Ofitserskaia elektrotekhnicheskaia shkola, and the Istoriko-filologichskii fakul'tet Novorossiiskii
University.
Within the Zarubezhnaia Rus' File, the chronological file includes clippings, original documents, photographs, and print materials,
providing information on the Russian diaspora in different countries, arranged by V. K. Abdank-Kossovskii himself, and pasted
to album sheets. These materials were exhibited by Abdank-Kossovskii regularly in Paris. The subject file of the Zarubezhnaia
Rus' File includes materials prepared by Abdank-Kossovskii for inclusion in the "Zarubezhnaia Rus'" exhibit, but categorized
only by subject and not pasted for exhibit. These papers focus on all aspects of émigré existence, including Russian military
and veteran organizations, Russian Orthodoxy, cultural, political and social organizations, literary life, and performing
arts. Printed matter contained in Boxes 57-60, including clippings from various émigré newspapers and other sources, were
not filmed and are only available at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary.
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 eight series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Zarubezhnaia Rus'
File, Photographs, Oversize file, Subject file, and Printed matter
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Abdank-Kossovskiĭ, Vladimir Konkordovich, -1962