Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings, 1917-1962

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Summary

Creators:
Markov, Anatoliĭ Lʹvovich, 1893-1961
Abstract:
The collection consists of memoirs and other writings relating to Russian military operations in World War I and the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet agents in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. military operations in World War I and the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet agents in Egypt and police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs.
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov was a Russian writer, author of numerous articles, memoirs, short stories, and historical essays. He also wrote under the pseudonym Sharki.

The collection consists of Markov's writings from all periods of his life relating to Russian military operations in World War I and the Russian Revolution, subsequent anti-communist movements in the Soviet Union (including biographies of participants), Soviet agents in Egypt and the police surveillance and prosecution of them, and Russian émigré affairs. The articles contain information about life in the Russian colony in Egypt and history of the region as a whole, as well as about the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The writings include seven titled scrapbooks containing clippings on the White movement from Russian émigré periodicals published in the United States from 1956 to 1959, émigré memoirs compiled by A. Markov, as well as his published memoirs Rodnye Gnezda.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1893
Born, Kurskaia guberniia, Russia
1913
Graduated from the Voronezh Cadet Corps and Nicholas Cavalry School
1914-1915
Served in World War I and was wounded
1920-1951
Immigrated to Egypt, assigned to a major post in the police in Alexandria
1950
Author of Monasteries in the Desert
1952
Retired and moved to the U.S.; author of Events in Egypt
1961
Author of The Cadets and Cadets; died in San Francisco
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives between 1983 and 2000.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anatoliĭ L'vovich Markov writings, [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:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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