Aleksandr Dursunovich Tkhilaishvili photographic collection, 1961-1973

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Creators:: Tkhilaishvili, Aleksandr Dursunovich
Abstract:: Photographs depicting visits of Nikita Khrushchev and other high Soviet officials to the Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Republic, and the 22nd Congress of the Soviet Communist Party.
Extent:: 6 oversize boxes (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Aleksandr Dursunovich Tkhilaishvili photographic collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: These photo albums depict visits by Soviet officials to the autonomous Soviet Republic of Adjara (Adzharia) in the present Republic of Georgia, hosted by the chief communist official in the region, Tkhilaishvili. One album is devoted to the May 1961 visit of Nikita Khrushchev. The other albums in the collection depict visits by other Soviet party and military officials, including Marshals V. A. Sudets and K. S. Moskalenko, Assistant Prime Minister L. V. Smirnov, and Assistant Minister of Defense (and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) S. S. Mariakhin. One album is devoted to the Twenty-second Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR (17-31 October 1961), at which Khrushchev promised the advent of communism by 1980.
Biographical / historical:: Tkhilaishvili was the first secretary of the Adjara Regional Committee (Obkom) of the Communist Party of Georgia in the 1960s and 1970s
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2011.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Pictorial works
Names:: Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Tkhilaishvili, Aleksandr Dursunovich

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Restrictions:: 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.
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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Aleksandr Dursunovich Tkhilaishvili photographic collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US