Register of the Viktor Volmenskii papers

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Title: Viktor Volmenskii papers

Date (inclusive): 1918-1970

Collection Number: 2009C27

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Mainly in Russian

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Personal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Civil War and to the Russian community in China.

Creator: Volmenskiĭ, Viktor

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Viktor Volmenskii papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Russian émigré in China.

Scope and Content of Collection

Personal documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Civil War and to the Russian community in China.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Russians -- China

Family File 1931-1970

box 1, folder 1

Educational records 1931-1970

Scope and Contents

Certificate of highschool diploma issued to Evgeniia Kirova (future wife of Viktor Volmenskii), its translation into English, and other documents

box 1, folder 2

Identity document 1931-1932

Scope and Contents

Contains a photograph of Aleksei Volmenskii, his son Viktor and his two daughters

Printed Matter 1931

box 1, folder 3

Скурлатов, И. С. Первый шаг. Учебник китайского разговорного языка. [Харбин, 1931] 1931

Scope and Contents

Textbook for Russian students of Chinese

Photographs 1918-1920

box 1, folder 4

Admiral Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак) circa 1918-1919

Scope and Contents

Three black and white prints depicting Admiral Kolchak presenting a standard to an uhlan regiment, at a parade in Omsk, and reviewing cossack troops

box 1, folder 5

Allied High Commissioners at Irkutsk circa 1919-1920

Scope and Contents

One black and white print depicting Allied consuls. Top row (left to right): Danish, acting British High Commissioner Miles Lampson, Czechoslovak High Commissioner Vaclav Girsa, American Vice Consul T. R. Hansen, and an unidentified individual. Bottom row (left to right): American Consul-General Ernest L. Harris, French Consul-General Gaston Bourgeois, and an unidentified individual

box 1, folder 6

British troops at Omsk 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print

box 1, folder 7

Celebration of liberation of Omsk from the Bolsheviks 1918

Scope and Contents

Two black and white prints depicting Czechoslovaks celebrating the liberation of Omsk

box 1, folder 8

Colonel Boris Fedorovich Ushakov (Борис Федорович Ушаков) 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print

box 1, folder 9

Colonel Mikhail Petrovich Nikitin (Михаил Петрович Никитин) 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print

box 1, folder 10

Command staff of the Romanian Division at Irkutsk 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print depicting Colonel Edvard Kadlets and his staff

box 1, folder 11

Czechoslovak command staff 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white pint. Seated (second and third from left) are Colone B. F. Ushakov and Colonel Radola Gajda.

box 1, folder 12

General Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Антон Иванович Деникин) 1918

Scope and Contents

Two black and white prints depicting the liberation of Ekaterinodar by General Denikin and General Denikin with his headquarters staff at Ekaterinodar

box 1, folder 13

General Milan Rastislav Štefánik 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print

box 1, folder 14

Major Samuel I. Johnson and Czechoslovak officers 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print depicting Major S. I. Johnson with Major General Stanislav Čeček and others

box 1, folder 15

Memorial service for victims of the Bolsheviks 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print depicting a panikhida served by Archbishop Sylvester of Omsk

box 1, folder 16

Omsk Cadet Corps building 1918

Scope and Contents

One black and white print

box 1, folder 17

Radio station, Omsk 1918

Scope and Contents

Two balck and white prints depicting radio station equipment

box 1, folder 18

Sixth Czechoslovak Regiment at Omsk 1918

Scope and Contents

Two black and white prints depicting the regiment's arrival in Omsk and a review of the regiment by General Jan Syrovy

box 1, folder 19

Miscellany 1918

Scope and Contents

Two black and white prints depicting an unidentified Czechoslovak colonel and Czechoslovak soldiers with a bear