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Title: Nikolai Valentinov papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1964
Collection Number: 65003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(3.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, reports, and photographs, relating to Russian revolutionary movements and emigre life,
Imperial Russian and Soviet agricultural and economic policies, labor movements, Menshevism, and political events in Russia.
Creator:
Valentinov, N. (Nikolaĭ), 1879-1964
Creator:
Haimson, Leopold H.
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 1965.
[Identification of item], Nikolai Valentinov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1879 | Born, Morshansk, Tambov Province, Russia |
| 1897 | Enters Petersburg Institute of Technology, joins revolutionary movement and is exiled to Ufa |
| 1900 | Returns from exile, studies at Kiev Polytechnic Institute, is arrested for revolutionary activities, escapes to Europe |
| 1903-1904 | Meets Lenin in Geneva, joins Social Democratic Party (Bolsheviks) |
| 1905 | Returns to Russia, breaks with Lenin and the Bolshevik Party. Joins the Mensheviks |
| 1905-1917 | Begins lifelong engagement in journalism. Contributes to Russkoe Slovo and Kievskaia Mysl'. Resigns from Menshevik Party |
| 1917-1927 | Edits Torgovo-Promyshlennaia Gazeta, organ of the Supreme Council of National Economy of the U.S.S.R. |
| 1928 | Emigrates to Paris, France. Publishes in emigré and French press |
| 1953 | Author, Vstrechi s Leninym. English translation published in 1968 as Encounters with Lenin |
| 1954 | Author, Dva Goda s Simvolistami. English translation published in 1969 as Two Years With the Symbolists |
| 1964 | Dies, Paris, France |
| 1969 | Author (posthumously), The Early Years of Lenin |
This collection consists mostly of the correspondence and writings of Nikolai Vol'skii, also known under the pseudonyms Nikolai
Valentinov and E. Iur'evskii. The collection covers the period of his emigration in Paris between 1932-1962. Of special interest
is the first part of the collection, which includes his correspondence with fellow socialists in the emigration, (Mensheviks
in particular). Also important is his correspondence with European and American scholars interested in the history of socialism
and the Russian Revolution. The second part of the collection consists of typescript drafts of Valentinov's writings with
holograph annotations, and an untitled holograph manuscript.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russia -- History
Socialism -- Russia
Mensheviks
Communism -- Soviet Union
Revolutionaries -- Russia
Industries -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Economic policy
Agriculture -- Soviet Union
Labor movement -- Russia
Land tenure -- Russia
Peasants -- Russia
Rossiĭskai͡a sot͡sial-demokraticheskai͡a rabochai͡a partii͡a
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924