Access
Use
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Alternative Form Available
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Title: Vrangel' collection
Date (inclusive): 1916-1929
Collection Number: 27001
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
164 manuscript boxes, 15 oversize boxes, 59 maps
(91.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, orders, correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, financial records, minutes, printed matter, maps, and photographs
relating to Russian military operations in France during World War I; White Russian diplomatic activities and military operations,
especially in southern Russia, during the Russian Revolution and Civil War, including military purchasing and intelligence
operations; administration of territory under White Russian control during the Civil War; the evacuation of White Russian
military personnel and civilians from the Crimea in 1920; and the resettlement of Russian refugees in Turkey and various European
countries. Includes records of the Russian Expeditionary Corps in France, the Volunteer Army, the Armed Forces of Southern
Russia, the Northwestern Army, the Foreign Supply Directorate, military representatives in foreign countries and attached
to the Allied Supreme Command, and the Russian Army in exile, and some personal papers of Baron Petr Vrangel', commander-in-chief
successively of the Armed Forces of Southern Russia and Russian Army. The majority of the collection is also available on
microfilm (220 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Severo-Zapadnai͡a armii͡a
Creator:
Vrangelʹ, Petr Nikolaevich, Baron, 1878-1928
Creator:
Russia. Armii͡a. Ėkspedit͡sīonnyĭ korpus vo Frant͡sīi
Creator:
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920)
Creator:
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Dobrovolʹcheskai͡a armii͡a
Creator:
Vooruzhennye Sily na I͡Uge Rossii
Creator:
Russkai͡a armii͡a
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Microfilm use only except Boxes 169-176 and maps. Digital use copies available for Boxes 169-171 and 174-175. Box 172-173,
176 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. 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
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vrangel' collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm (220 reels), except for Boxes 169-176 and maps.
Biographical Note
Baron Petr Vrangel'
1878 August 15 |
Born, Novo-Aleksandrovsk (Zaraisk), Russia into family of Baltic nobility. Spent childhood and youth in Rostov-na-Donu. Received
engineering degree from Gornyi Institut Imperatritsy Ekateriny II, St. Petersburg
|
1901-1902 |
Completed requirements of Nikolaevskoe Kavaleriiskoe Uchilishche (I-yi razriad)) and Nikolaevskaia Akademiia General'nago
SHtaba (I-yi razriad). Commissioned cornet in Gvardeiskaia Kavaleriia
|
1904-1905 |
Took part in Russo-Japanese War with 2-oi Argunskii Kazachii Polk and later Otdl'nyi Divizion Razvedchikov. Received decorations
and promotion for bravery
|
1906 |
Began service in Leib-Gvardii Konnyi Polk |
1910 |
Completed courses of Akademiia General'nago SHtaba |
1914-1917 |
Took part in World War I. Began as Captain of Cavalry, received St. George's Cross for bravery in the field; promoted to rank
of colonel
|
1915 |
Appointed commander of Nerchinskii Polk, Zabaikal'skoe Kazachee Voisko |
1916 |
Promoted to Maj.-Gen. and given command of Ussuriiskaia Konnaia Diviziia |
1917 |
Resigned from army |
1918-1919 |
Joined Volunteer Army in Ekaterinodar. Appointed commander of 1-ia Konnaia Diviziia and promoted to Lieut.-Gen. by Lieut.-Gen.
A. Denikin. Later given command of Volunteer Army and Army of the Caucasus
|
1920 February |
Resigned from army |
1920 March |
Appointed Commander-in-Chief of Vooruzhennyia Sily IUga Rossii (V.S.IU.R.) and Military Governor of South Russia. Attempted
to reorganize army and carry out land and local government reform
|
1920 November |
After fall of White Movement, organized evacuation of V.S.IU.R. and civilian refugees first to Constantinople and later to
Balkans. Established headquarters of Russian army-in-exile in Sremski Karlovci, Yugoslavia
|
1928 April 25 |
Died, Brussels, Belgium |
Scope and Content
The Vrangel' collection is composed of a group of official archives belonging to Russian government agencies and military
departments active during World War I, the Russian Civil War, and the first period of Russian emigration. The collection was
originally organized by Lieutenant-General N. Golovin in 1927. Each archive within the collection was retained as an independent
entity, while at the same time the collection as a whole was divided into 353 files. The present register maintains this arrangement
while attempting to greatly expand the description of material found in individual files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
Refugees
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France
Ukraine -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
Russians -- Turkey
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Campaigns
Russia. Armii͡a