Vladimir L'vovich Burtsev papers, 1906-1935

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Creators:
Burt͡sev, V. L. (Vladimir Lʹvovich), 1862-1942
Abstract:
Memoirs, essays, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to the Menshevik and Social Revolutionary movements before 1917, Evno Azef and other Okhrana agents, and counterrevolutionary movements during the Russian Revolution. Also available on microfilm (2 reels).
Extent:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (0.9 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vladimir L'vovich Burtsev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Memoirs, essays, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to the Menshevik and Social Revolutionary movements before 1917, Evno Azef and other Okhrana agents, and counterrevolutionary movements during the Russian Revolution. Also available on microfilm (2 reels).

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1862
Born, Russia
1880-1882
Student at the University of St. Petersburg
1882
Expelled from the University of St. Petersburg and exiled to Siberia
1888
Arrived in Zurich, Switzerland and founded the magazine Svobodnaia Rossiia
1897
Began to publish Narodovolets in London
1898
Began to publish Byloe in London
1903
Expelled from France and Switzerland
1909
Exposed Envo Azef as a tsarist provocateur highly placed within the Russian revolutionary movement
1909-1910
Published Obshchee delo
1909-1917
Exposed numerous individuals as tsarist provocateurs
1911-1914
Published Budushchee
1917 March
Returned to Russia
1917 October
Arrested by the Bolshevik government and escaped from Russia
1917-1922
Published Obshchee delo
1922-1942
Pursued and exposed Soviet agents
1942
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1966.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vladimir L'vovich Burtsev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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