Register of the Vitalii Ivanovich Petropavlovskii papers
Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
reel 1
File 1. "Sobstvennoe delo po sluzhbe v S.-A.S.Sh. V. I. Petropavlovskogo."
1918 November 1
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 1. Official correspondence with Russian Ambassador B. A. Bakhmeteff, Financial Agent
in the U.S., S. A. Ughet, his assistant, D. P. Pertsov, Petropavlovskii's subordinate, V. I. Zbyshevskii, and others; certificates,
clippings and other papers relating to Petropavlovskii's appointment in June 1917, including certificate signed by Secretary
of State Robert Lansing recognizing his authority, Also includes reports to and correspondence with superiors in Petrograd
(M. I. Skipetrov) and Omsk (G. Krasnov), list of employees of the Russian State Control Office in the U.S.A., with group photograph,
correspondence, financial reports and other documents relating to the closing of the Office and liquidation of its affairs
in 1921.
reel 1
File 2. "Svedeniia o deiatel'nosti gosudarstvennogo kontrolia v S. A. S. Sh."
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 2. Official reports of the activities of the State Control Office, with supporting
documentation and correspondence.
reel 2
File 3. "Sobranie zakonopolozhenii, rasporiazhenii, pravil, instruktsii i proektov, kasaiushchikhsia Gosudarstvennogo Kontrolia,
a takzhe polozhenii ob uchrezhdeniiakh zagotovitel'nogo i torgovogo naznacheniia."
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 3. Compilation of laws, instructions, orders and rules governing the activities of
the State Control Office as well as of official purchasing and trade commissions.
reel 2
File 4. "Raznye doklady i dublikaty."
1917-1918
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 4. Includes correspondence with B. A. Bakhmeteff, S. A. Ughet, and others, minutes
of meetings of the Russkii zagotovitel'nyi komitet, official rules and regulations governing the work of various Russian governmental
organizations, and documents relating to the fate of the archive and materials of the Office of Russian State Control in the
U.S.A.
reel 2
File 5. "Raznye materialy po Ross. Gosud. Kontroliu v Sev. Amer. Soed. Sht."
1925)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 5. Includes brochure by D. G. Ter-Asaturov,
Dopolnitel'naia zapiska o deiatel'nosti rossiiskogo predstavitel'stva v Amerike (Pictou, N.S., Canada, and typewritten answers of M. M. Karpovich and D. P. Pertsov to the author's earlier accusations of
financial improprieties, as well as correspondence between Ughet and Petropavlovskii relating to same. Also includes typescript
by W. J. Novitsky, "Russian Gold Reserve".
reel 2
One book by M. I. Gaiduk, entitled
Utiug (New York
1918)
Scope and Contents note
Museum of Russian Culture Box/folder 1 : 6.
