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  • Biography
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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

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    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

    ? Born, Russia
    ? 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