Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev papers, 1930-1968

Summary

Creators:

Nikolaev, K. N. (Konstantin Nikolaevich), 1884-1965

Abstract:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, and printed matter, relating to Russian émigré lawyers in the United States, and to resettlement of Russian refugees in the United States.

Extent:

7 microfilm reels (1.0 linear_foot)

Language:

Russian

Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of a leading émigré activist and lawyer, Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev (1884-1965). It includes Nikolaev's correspondence with other Russian émigrés, and German and American authorities, regarding the resettling of Russian refugees in the United States following the Second World War, as well as materials relating to two émigré legal organizations directed by Nikolaev.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Biographical / historical:

Date	Event
1884, April 12	Born, Kiev, Russia
1905	Graduated, Iiuridicheskii fakul'tet Imperatorskogo Kievskogo universiteta Sv. Vladimira
1911-1918	Attorney in Kiev, Russia
1920 May	Arrived in Warsaw, Poland
1926-1933	Legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland
1927	Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Sv. Avtokefal'noi Tserkvi v Pol'she Author, Sud prisiazhnykh v Rossii (1864-1917)
1931	Author, Vossoedinenie uniatov s Pravoslavnoi Tser-kov'iu v 1839 g.i Konkordat Rima s Rossiei v 1847 g.
1933-1944	Lived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1934	Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi i naroda russkogo v rasseianii sushchego
1946	Organized the Union of Russian Jurists in Germany
1950	Organized the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA, serves as chair Author, Vostochnyi obriad
1965 June 26	Died, New York, NY

Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev was born on April 12, 1884, in Kiev, Russia. A graduate of the Law Department of Kiev University of St. Vladimir, Nikolaev worked as an attorney in Kiev until 1918. In 1920 he immigrated to Warsaw, Poland, where he served as legal adviser to the Orthodox Church and held other diocesan assignments. In 1933, Nikolaev was exiled to Belgrade, Serbia, where he continued to advise church hierarchy on legal affairs. In this capacity, he worked closely with Patriarch Varnava (Rusich) of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Metropolitan Anastasii (Gribanovskii) of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Leaving Belgrade in 1944, Nikolaev spent the next two years in Germany involved in defense of human rights, especially concerning Russian refugees. In 1946 he founded the Union of Former Russian Jurists in Germany, reestablishing this organization in the United States after his arrival there in 1950. As chair of this organization, Nikolaev continued his efforts on behalf of the Russian émigré community.

Nikolaev authored several books on jurisprudence and church history, was a contributor to various émigré periodicals, and published and edited the journal Za pravo i pravdu. He died in New York on June 26, 1965.

Acquisition information:

Materials were acquired by Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2003 and 2008

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Location of originals:

In part, Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. In part, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York

Other descriptive data:

These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period, where Konstantin Nikolaev served as legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland, until he was forced into exile to Yugoslavia, where he continued to be active in the offices of Patriarch Varnava and Metropolitan Anastasii. Nikolaev was a defender of human rights, especially in regards to the Russian émigrés, which is reflected in this collection, particularly in the Subject File in the papers of the Union of Russian Jurists. Therefore, these papers reflect his activities on behalf of Russian émigrés at large.

The Correspondence is mainly of a personal nature, however, the Subject File includes detailed correspondence related to Nikolaev's role as chair of the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA, which was founded by him as a continuation of the Union of Russian Jurists in Germany, which he also established.

Nikolaev's legal and advocacy activities are also reflected in his Speeches and Writings, which are in part represented in these papers. Particularly significant in this regard are "Bor'ba russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii za zhizn' russkikh DP v Germanii," and "Istoriia dieiatel'nosti russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii v okkupatsionnykh zonakh Germanii po zashchitie zhizni i svobody b. sovietskikh grazhdan pred amerikanskimi vlastiami." Also significant is his memoir, "Moi zhiznennyi put'," which describes his early life, military career, service in the White Army during the Russian Civil War, and émigré activities.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Russians -- United States
Refugees
International relief
Lawyers -- United States
Lawyers -- Russia

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:

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