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Title: Sergei Nikolaevich Pototskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1930-1946
Collection Number: 47015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Russian
Physical Description:
40 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 1 envelope
(16.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, telegrams, reports, protocols, lists, orders, circulars, accounts, and receipts, card file, and photographs,
relating to Russian Imperial military agencies in Copenhagen and Berlin, the Russian Imperial Passport Control Office in Copenhagen,
the Russian prisoner-of-war and refugee camp at Horserod, the Russian Red Cross, military benevolent emigre organizations
and activities, and Russian participation in World War I and the Russian Civil War.
Creator:
Potot͡skīĭ, Sergeĭ Nikolaevichʺ, 1877-
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1947
[Identification of item], Sergei Nikolaevich Pototskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
| 1877, September 13
(Old Style) |
Born, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1896, August 12 | appointed officer, Russian Imperial Army |
| 1896-1921 | served in Life Guards, as company and battalion commander, on Staff of Moscow Military District, and on Main Directorate of the General Staff; received Order of St. Vladimir, Third Degree |
| 1911, December 6 | promoted to Colonel |
| 1914 | appointed acting Military Attache, Denmark |
| 1916 | appointed Military Attache, Denmark |
| 1917, September | promoted to Major-General |
| 1921 | elected to Board of Directors of the Mutual Assistance Association of Russian Officers in Denmark |
| 1922 | elected Treasurer of the Mutual Assistance Association of Russian Officers in Denmark |
| 1923, January | appointed Delegate of the Russian Red Cross (old organization) in Denmark |
| 1923, October 22 | elected to Board of Directors of the Russian Society, Copenhagen |
| 1927, February 18 | elected President of the Copenhagen Section of the Association of Russian War Invalids |
| 1927, July | joined Copenhagen Charity Fund Committee in Honor of the 80th Birthday of H.I.H. Empress Maria Feodorovna |
| 1929 | elected President of the Mutual Assistance Association of Russian Officers in Denmark |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- Refugees
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
Military attachés
Denmark -- Foreign relations -- Russia
Russia -- Foreign relations -- Denmark
Russia. Armii͡a
Rossīĭskoe obshchestvo Krasnago kresta