Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg papers, 1918-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Tal'berg, N. D.
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, diaries, notes, and printed matter, relating to Russian history, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, and Russian émigré affairs.
Extent:
20 microfilm reels (3.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], N. D. Tal'berg papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

These papers reflect the writings and research interests of Nikolai Talberg, a government official in pre-Revolutionary Russia and historian, writer, and professor in emigration. Among his writings are works related to late 19th and early 20th century history, partially based on his own reminiscences and those of others. Major themes include the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, politics and contemporary issues of the Russian diaspora.

The SUBJECT FILE includes materials on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and especially on the various jurisdictional conflicts that affected the Church in emigration. Particularly important are the documents dating from 1945 onwards relating to such conflicts in the United States. Of special significance is the correspondence of Archbishop Vitalii Maksimenko with representatives of different dioceses, parishes and organizations.

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 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1886 July 10
Born, Korostyshev, Kiev guberniia, Russia
1907
Graduated, Imperatorskoe uchilishche pravovedeniia
1907-1917
Served, Ministry of Internal Affairs
1927
Author, Tserkovnyi Raskol
1929
Author, Sviataia Rus'
1950-1967
Professor, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, NY
1960
Author, Otechestvennaia byl': iubileinyi sbornik
1964
Author, Istoriia khristianskoi tserkvi
Author, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi
1966
Author, K sorokalietiiu pagubnago evlogianskago raskola
1967 May 29
Died, Jordanville, NY

Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg was born in Korostyshev, Russia, on July 10, 1886. B His family, of Swedish origin, moved to Russia from Finland during the reign of Catherine the Great. Both his father and grandfather were affiliated with Kiev University. Talberg studied at the Imperatorskoe uchilishche pravovedeniia, graduating with a gold medal in 1907. For the next ten years he served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In 1917, after the Russian Revolution, Talberg moved to the Caucasus but returned to Petersburg the same year and joined a secret monarchist organization headed by N. E. Markov. In 1919, Talberg left Russia, arriving in Berlin in 1920, where he continued to be affiliated and actively involved in Markov's monarchist organization, the Vysshii monarkhicheskii sovet.

With his move to Belgrade, Talberg also became more involved with the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia, eventually moving to the United States, where he accepted a teaching position at Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, New York. Talberg authored several history textbooks, some still in use today at theological seminaries. He also published widely on Russian secular and church history.

Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg died on May 29, 1967, in Jordanville, New York.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2008
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], N. D. Tal'berg papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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