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Samoilovich (Aleksandr V.) papers
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Title: Aleksandr V. Samoilovich papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1968
Collection Number: 2000C18
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
4 microfilm reels
(0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence and printed matter, relating to activities of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.
Creator:
Samoĭlovich, Aleksandr V., 1894-
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 2000.
[Identification of item], Aleksandr V. Samoilovich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Russian Orthodox priest; subsequently émigré in Poland, Germany, Brazil and the United States.
| 1894 August 30 | Born, Bolota village, Russia (Poland) |
| 1915 | Graduated, seminary |
| 1915 | Student, Legal faculty, Rostov-on-Don University |
| 1921 | Priest, Kobrin, Poland |
| 1934 | Archpriest |
| 1942 | Archpriest, Orthodox church in Skidle village, Bielostok province, Poland |
| 1945 | Archpriest, various parishes of Displaced Persons' camps in Bavaria |
| 1947 | Archpriest, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| 1960 | Archpriest, Protection of the Holy Virgin Church, Los Angeles, California |
| 1968 | Archpriest, St. Myrrh Bearing Women Church, Bryte, California |
| ? | Died |
This collection consists mainly of Samoilovich's correspondence with members of the church hierarchy, fellow clergymen and
parishioners, concerning his activities as an archpriest of various parishes from 1940 to 1968. It includes information on
church matters in Germany during and after World War II, on church affairs in South America and California, as well as material
on theologian Aleksandr Kalinnikovich Svitich.
The arrangement of the collection corresponds to the original order of the numerical files, with contents described in greater
detail.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials and copyright to
them (with some exceptions) are the property of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. A transfer table indicating
corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the
United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ