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Title: Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers
Dates: 1948-1996
Collection Number: 2000C29
Creator: Krasil'nikov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, 1933-1996.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The Krasil'nikov papers are comprised of poems, correspondence, legal documents, printed matter, and photographs relating
to political dissent in the Soviet Union, conditions in forced labor camps, Russian literature, and Russian-Latvian cultural
relations.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Russian
Latvian
English
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Mikhail Mikhailovich Krasil'nikov papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2000.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
| 1933 | Born, Orsha, Belarus (Soviet Union) |
| 1948 | Moved with family to Riga |
| 1951 | Entered Leningrad State University |
| 1956 | Arrested and convicted for anti-Soviet activities after participating in a Leningrad demonstration |
| 1957-1960 | Prisoner, gulag camp in Mordoviia |
| 1960 | Released from camp. Returned to Riga, Latvia |
| 1960-1996 | Worked as a tour guide and writer in Riga, Latvia |
| 1996 | Died, Riga, Latvia |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document the life of the poet from his university days to his death in 1996. Much of the collection relates to
Krasil'nikov's arrest for anti-Soviet political activities and his imprisonment in the gulag from 1957 to 1960. Arrest records,
notebooks, photographs and correspondence cover this period of Krasil'nikov's life and are included in the
Personal File.
The
Correspondence File consists of personal letters received by Krasil'nikov. During his time in the gulag, Krasil'nikov corresponded with family
and other writers from his circle, such as Mikhail Eremin, Vladimir Ufliand and Leonid Vinogradov.
The bulk of the collection, which is included in the
Writings and
Writings by Others series, consists of poetry from the 1950s-1970s by Krasil'nikov and other authors, particularly Aleksandr Mikhailovich Kondratov
and Vladimir Ufliand. The Writings by Others series also includes samizdat and newspaper articles on Russian and Soviet literature
collected by Krasil'nikov.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Civil rights -- Soviet Union.
Russian literature.
Dissenters -- Soviet Union.
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation) -- Civilization
Latvia -- Civilization