Oleg Yadoff (Oleg Ivanovich Iadov) papers, 1946-1952

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Summary

Creators:
Yadoff, Oleg, 1902-
Abstract:
Writings, letters, and personal documents, relating to Russian émigré affairs and to the resistance movement in France during World War II.
Extent:
1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian, French and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Oleg Yadoff Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Dr. Oleg Ivanovich Yadoff was an eminent engineer and doctor of engineering, physics, and mathematics, who is recognized for his studies of electrostatics and aerosols, as well as numerous achievements in aeronautics, hydroelectric installations and telecommunications. He played an important role in the French underground and was responsible for rescuing Allied aviators attached to the French Forces of the Interior.

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
1902 June 14
Born, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
1917
Enlisted in the Shock Regiment of General Kornilov
1918
Diploma of general studies of the secondary school at Rostov-on-Don
1920-21
Evacuated with the Volunteer Army to Turkey, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia
1921-23
Enrolled at the Russian Cavalry School, Yugoslavia
1922
Student, Faculty of Pure Science at the University of Belgrade
Received a university scholarship from the American Committee for the Education of Russian Youth in Exile
1923 July
Moved to France
1925 July
Bachelor's degree in mathematics and philosophy from the Sorbonne, Paris
1928
Degree in electrical engineering, the University of Grenoble
1931
Doctorate in engineering, the Sorbonne, Paris
1932-1946
Professor, Research Associate, Director of Studies at the Russian Technological Institute in France, a variety of universities and engineering schools affiliated with the Sorbonne, Paris
1939
Doctorate in physical sciences
1939-1940
Officer, French Air Forces
1940-1944
Participated in the French Resistance
1944-1945
Technical consultant, Allied Expeditionary Force
1946
Doctorate in mathematical sciences
1947-1950
Visiting Professor, Research Associate at Columbia University
?
Died, United States

Oleg Yadoff was born on 14 June 1902 in Rostov-na-Donu. As a young volunteer he enlisted in one of General Kornilov's shock regiments in the First World War, continuing to serve with the White Army in South Russia until its evacuation in 1920. Arriving in Yugoslavia in 1921 he resumed his education in the sciences at the University of Belgrade. Moving to France in July 1923, he received his baccalaureate in mathematics and philosophy from the Sorbonne (1925). In 1931 he received his doctorate in engineering also from the Sorbonne.

Conducting teaching and research at a variety of institutes and centers affiliated with the Sorbonne, as well as the Russian Technological Institute in Paris, he published a number of works on aeronautics and hydroelectric installations. Another doctorate in physics in 1939 was followed by a third doctorate in mathematics (1946), as well as by military service in the French air force (to 1940) and thereafter in the French Resistance (through 1945). As a recognized authority on aeronautics and fluid mechanics, from 1947 to the 1950s he was a visiting professor and research associate at Columbia University, New York, as well as consulting engineer for a number of corporations. Yadoff died in New York in 1961.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2001.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Oleg Yadoff 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
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