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Title: Andrei Lobanov-Rostovsky papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1974
Collection Number: 2002C5
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes
(3.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Clippings, writings, correspondence, notes, and other printed matter relating to Russian history, world politics, and other
subjects of interest to and about Andrei Lobanov-Rostovsky.
Creator:
Lobanov-Rostovsky, Andrei, 1892-1979
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 in 2002.
[Identification of item], Andrei Lobanov-Rostovsky papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
A Russian-American historian, Prince Andrei Lobanov-Rostovsky was a specialist on Russo-Asian relations and a professor of
Russian history at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Los Angeles.
| 1892 | Born in Yokohama, Japan. |
| 1920 | Left Russia after serving in the White Army. |
| 1917 | Witnesses outbreak of the Russian Revolution. |
| 1914-1918 | Abandoned legal studies at St. Petersburg to serve in the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. |
| 1945-1962 | Served as professor of Russian History at the University of Michigan. |
| 1936 | Became an American citizen. |
| 1930-1945 | Served as a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. |
| 1930 | Came to the United States. |
| 1924-1930 | Lectured in the School of Slavonic Studies of the University of London and at the British Royal Institute of International Affairs. |
| Served as a foreign correspondent for Baring Brothers, Limited, London. | |
| 1920-1923 | Attended the Institut des Sciences Politiques of the University of Paris. |
| 1979 | Died in Washington, D.C. |
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, diaries, manuscripts, writings, notes, and other printed matter relating
to Russian history, world affairs, and other subjects of interest to or on Andrei Lobanov-Rostovsky.
Lobanov-Rostovsky's library, including a set of publications of the Russian Orthodox Mission in Peking (Beijing), was donated
to the Hoover Institution Library in 2011.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- History