Valerian Ivanovich Moravskii papers, 1917-1937

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Creators:: Moravskiĭ, V. I. (Valerian Ivanovich), 1884-1942
Abstract:: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, proclamations, financial and legal records, and photographs, relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia, the anti-Bolshevik Siberian governments of 1918-1922, the Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of Organizations of Autonomous Siberia, political activities of White Russian emigres in the Far East and elsewhere, and Russian emigre-Japanese relations.
Extent:: 14 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 envelopes (7.4 Linear Feet)
Language:: Russian
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Valerian Ivanovich Moravskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical / historical:

Date	Event
1884	Born, Russia
1905	Graduates from a theological seminary in Bessarabia and the Institute of Agronomy in St. Petersburg. Attends the Academy of Oriental Languages in St. Petersburg
1905-1906	Member of Socialist Revolutionary Party
1908-1918	Works on staff of newspaper Rech' as head of Far Eastern section
1914-1915	Works for Ministry of Ways and Communications
1916	Joins Ministry of Agriculture
1917	Appointed head of Ministry of Food Supply in Provisional Government under Kerensky
1917, Dec.	Appointed Secretary General of Siberian Provincial Council
1918	Elected State Secretary of Siberian Provincial Duma. Member of the Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia. Elected to the Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Organizations of Autonomous Siberia
1922	Appointed Minister of Finance and Minister of Trade and Industry in second (non-Bolshevik) Siberian Government
1922	Emigrates to China. Lives in Shanghai and travels extensively in Manchuria and Japan
1925	Elected Vice-President of Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Organizations of Autonomous Siberia
1928	Becomes Acting President of Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of Autonomous Siberia
1942	Dies, Shanghai, China

Acquisition information:

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1948.

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Subjects:: Russians -- East Asia
Names:: Sovet Upolnomochennykh Organizatsiĭ Avtonomnoĭ Sibiri
Places:: Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Siberia (Provisional government, 1917-1918)

Access and use

Restrictions:: Box 14 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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], Valerian Ivanovich Moravskii Papers, [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