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Scope and Content
Title: Vitalii Ivanovich Petropavlovskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1933
Collection Number: 99051
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Russian
Physical Description:
2 microfilm reels
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, financial records, and printed matter, relating to relations of the Russian Provisional and White
Russian governments with the United States during the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
Creator:
Petropavlovskiĭ, Vitaliĭ Ivanovich
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vitalii Ivanovich Petropavlovskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Biography
Russian government purchasing agent in the United States, 1917-1921
Biographical Note
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Born, Russia |
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Engineering degree |
1912 |
Enters government service as official of Russian State Control |
1916 |
Chief Auditor, Department of Railway Accounting, Russian State Control |
1917 |
Appointed Representative of Russian State Control, U.S.A. |
1921 |
Retired with liquidation of Russian State Control Office |
Scope and Content
This collection consists of materials relating to financial reviews of the activities of the Russkii zagotovitel'nyi komitet
(Russian Purchasing Committee) and other official Russian financial and purchasing agencies in the U.S.A., as well as of reports
of the activities of the Control office, correspondence with Ambassador B. A. Bakhmeteff, Financial Agent S. A. Ughet, as
well as with direct superiors and subordinates in the Russian State Control.
The collection also deals with general Russian financial issues and allegations of financial improprieties among Russian officials
and commissions.
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
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Russia -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia