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Title: David Chubov papers
Date (inclusive): 1905-1963
Collection Number: 2000C17
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 microfilm reels
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to resettlement of White Russian veterans and displaced
persons after the Russian Civil War, and to Russian émigré affairs and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.
Creator:
Chubov, David, 1878-1956
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 1999.
[Identification of item], David Chubov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Fr. David Chubov was born on 24 June 1878. In 1901 he completed a course of studies at the Stavropol' Seminary, and in 1902
was ordained a priest, serving at a village church in Novoshcherbinovskaia stanitsa of the Kuban' Cossack region from 1904
to 1915. From January of that year until late 1917, he served as a chaplain on the Caucasus Front, primarily as the regimental
priest of the 22nd Caucasus Rifles.
Witnessing the ensuing Civil War on the Kuban', Chubov was evacuated from Novorossiisk to Serbia with the departing White
Army in March 1920. After a brief final return to the Crimea later that year, he was once again evacuated to Bulgaria, where
from 1921 to 1932 he served as a priest in Sliven. From 1932 to 1936, Chubov served in various parishes in France and Brussels,
until being assigned to the Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Zürich, Switzerland, where he remained until his
death. During and after the Second World War, he extended aid to Russian displaced persons, Ostarbeiters and POWs, helping
many to emigrate to South America. Chubov died in Zürich on 14 August 1956.
| 1878 June 24 | Born, Staroshcherbinovskaia stanitsa, Kubanskaia oblast', Russia |
| 1901 | Graduated, Stavropol'skaia Dukhovnaia Seminariia |
| 1904 | Priest, Novoshcherbinovskaia stanitsa, Kubanskaia oblast' |
| 1915 | Priest, 1st Opolchenie brigade |
| 1916 | Priest, 22nd Kavkazskii strelkovyi regiment |
| 1921 | Archpriest, Sliven, Bulgaria |
| 1932 | Archpriest, Annecy, France |
| 1936 | Archpriest, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1956 August 14 | Died, Zürich, Switzerland |
This collection consists largely of the correspondence of Rev. David Chubov, as well as of collected materials relating to
anti-communist propaganda and activities and to Church affairs (1920s-1950s). The correspondence relating to the resettlement
of Russian displaced persons and the interned troops of Gen. B. A. Khol'mston-Smyslovskii's anti-Soviet military force (1946-1948)
is particularly significant, as are many of the rare brochures and leaflets issued by various Russian émigré organizations.
The collection includes some additional material donated by Chubov's secretary, Sofia Izler, after his death.
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
Refugees
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Veterans
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ