Golitsyn family papers, 1904-1992

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Creators:
Golit͡syn family, Golit͡syn, Mikhail Vladimirovich, kni͡azʹ, 1873-1942, Golit͡syn, Aleksandr Vladimirovich, 1876-, and Golit͡syna, Li͡ubov' V., 1883-
Abstract:
The papers consist of memoirs, writings, correspondence, identification documents, and certificates, relating to conditions in Russia prior to, during and after the Russian Revolution, and to Russian émigré life in Harbin, China, France, and the United States. Includes material relating to the Glebov family, as well as the papers of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Golitsyn and Liubov' Vladimirovna Golitsyna.
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Golitsyn family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers consist of memoirs, writings, correspondence, identification documents, and certificates, relating to conditions in Russia prior to, during and after the Russian Revolution, and to Russian émigré life in Harbin, China, France, and the United States. Includes material relating to the Glebov family, as well as the papers of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Golitsyn and Liubov' Vladimirovna Golitsyna.

The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence among members of the Glebov and Golitsyn families. Writing to their daughter from exile in France, Sofiia and Vladimir Glebov's letters document Russian émigré life in western Europe, while the letters of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn to his brother Aleksandr describe conditions in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution. Of particular interest in the Correspondence series are letters from Nestor, the Archbishop of Kamchatka and Seoul, on Russian refugees in Harbin, China, and the Russian Orthodox Church in exile.

The Aleksandr Golitsyn Career Files relate to the Russian Society of the Red Cross's efforts to resettle the Russian refugees of Harbin in Canada. Memoranda and correspondence with Canadian officials and Serge Ughet, the financial attaché of the Russian embassy, document measures to secure visas and jobs for Russian immigrants on the Canadian Pacific railway. A report to the League of Nations describes the bleak conditions at orphanages for Russian refugee children in China.

Several memoirs by members of the Glebov and Golitsyn families are included in the Writings series. In "Intimate Days with Tolstoy," Sofiia Glebova recalls conversations with the writer Leo Tolstoy at Iasnaia Poliana after her daughter's marriage to Tolstoy's son. Memoirs by Mikhail Golitsyn and Vladimir Trubetskoĭ describe aristocratic life in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. "Sudebnoe delo sem'i Vladimira Sergeevicha Trubetskogo" consists of assembled correspondence and reports on the fate of five members of the Trubetskoi family executed or sentenced to the gulag in 1937.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1876 December 13
Born in Moscow, Russia, to an aristocratic family
1901 October 16
Received medical degree from Moscow University
1901 November 23
Married Liubov' Glebova (1883-1948)
1921-1923
Emigrated with his wife and children to Harbin, China where he worked as a doctor for the Russian Society of the Red Cross
1923 October 16
Arrived in Seattle from Harbin, China, and applied for U.S. citizenship
1924 January-1940s
Received U.S. medical license and practiced medicine in Seattle and Los Angeles
1951
Died, Los Angeles, California
Date Event
1873 September 2
Born in Moscow, Russia, to an aristocratic family
1892-1896
Studied law at Moscow University
1922?-1929
Worked for Gosplan, the Soviet state planning committee, until dismissed. Requested reinstatement and was denied
1931
Moved with his family to Dmitrov, Soviet Union
Late 1930s
Wrote his memoirs of the pre-revolutionary period, Moi vospominaniia, 1873-1917, published in 2007 by Russkiĭ mir
1942
Died, Dmitrov
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1990.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Golitsyn family 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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