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Title: Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings
Date (inclusive): 1917-1962
Collection Number: XX738
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection consists of memoirs and other writings relating to Russian military operations in World War I and the Russian
Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet agents
in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. military operations in World War I and
the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet
agents in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Markov, Anatoliĭ Lʹvovich, 1893-1961
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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 between 1983 and 2000.
[Identification of item], Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
A portion of the collection is available on microfilm.
| 1893 | Born, Kurskaia guberniia, Russia |
| 1913 | Graduated from the Voronezh Cadet Corps and Nicholas Cavalry School |
| 1914-1915 | Served in World War I and was wounded |
| 1920-1951 | Immigrated to Egypt, assigned to a major post in the police in Alexandria |
| 1950 | Author of Monasteries in the Desert |
| 1952 | Retired and moved to the U.S.; author of Events in Egypt |
| 1961 | Author of The Cadets and Cadets; died in San Francisco |
Scope and Content of Collection
Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov was a Russian writer, author of numerous articles, memoirs, short stories, and historical essays.
He also wrote under the pseudonym Sharki.
The collection consists of Markov's writings from all periods of his life relating to Russian military operations in World
War I and the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants),
Soviet agents in Egypt and the police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. The articles contain
information about life in the Russian colony in Egypt and history of the region as a whole, as well as about the Eastern Orthodox
Church.
The writings include seven titled scrapbooks containing clippings on the White movement from Russian émigré periodicals published
in the United States from 1956 to 1959, émigré memoirs compiled by A. Markov, as well as his published memoirs
Rodnye Gnezda.
Vladimir Konkordovich Abdank-Kossovskiĭ papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov papers, 1933-1963, Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Bakhmeteef Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Soviet Union -- Biography
Anti-communist movements -- Soviet Union
Subversive activities -- Egypt
Secret service -- Egypt
Police -- Egypt
Espionage, Russian -- Egypt
Communism -- Egypt