Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov papers, 1898-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Kutukov, Leonid Nikolaevich, 1897-
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, reports, clippings, and printed matter, relating to conditions in Russia and Russian military campaigns during World War I and the Russian Civil War, the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk and other Russian Imperial military units, and Russian emigre activities in France after the Civil War.
Extent:
6 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes (7 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the papers of Leonid Kutukov, an officer in the Leib-Gvardii Moskovskii Polk (Moscow Life Guards Regiment) who emigrated to France after the Revolution and remained active in regimental activities abroad. The most important part consists of material related to the history of this regiment, especially during WWI and the Civil War. Of special interest are holograph and typescript eyewitness accounts by officers of the regiment re events during the early days of the revolution. This material was used by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in preparation for his multi-volume historical novel The Red Wheel. The collection contains a letter from the author to Leonid Kutukov in the WRITINGS FILE.

Also of interest is material related to right wing and monarchist circles in the emigration, including issues of Parizhskii Vestnik, published during the German occupation of Paris, 1942-1944.

Finally the collection contains the writings of Leonid Kutukov, mostly published in the journal Chasovoi, and miscellaneous material re the singing career of his wife, Sophia Kolomeitseva-Kutukova.

Biographical / historical:

Russian army officer, author and journalist.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1981.
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], Leonid Nikolaevich Kutukov 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:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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