Petr Berngardovich Struve papers, 1890-1987

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Summary

Creators:
Struve, Petr Berngardovich, 1870-1944, Rossiĭskoe T͡Sentral'noe Ob'edinenie, and Rossīĭskīĭ zarubezhnyĭ sʺi͡ezdʺ (Location of meeting: Paris, France. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1926.)
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, essays, editorial files, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Russia in World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, anti-Bolshevik movements, the Russian economy and industry, conditions in the Soviet Union after the Revolution, and Russian literary and political émigré affairs. Includes papers of the wife and sons of Petr Struve.
Extent:
58 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (24.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petr Berngardovich Struve papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, essays, editorial files, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Russia in World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, anti-Bolshevik movements, the Russian economy and industry, conditions in the Soviet Union after the Revolution, and Russian literary and political émigré affairs. Includes papers of the wife and sons of Petr Struve.

Incremental materials received subsequent to the creation of this register are listed at the end of the register.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1870
Born, Perm, Russia
1894
Published Critical Observations on the Problem of Russia's Economic Development
Graduated from the University of St. Petersburg
1897
Editor, Novoe Slovo
1899
Editor, Nachalo
1901
Began publishing the weekly Osvobozhdenie (Stuttgart)
Immigrated to Stuttgart, Germany
Arrested and banished from Petrograd
1905
Returned to Russia and joined the Constitutional-Democratic (Cadet) Party
1907
Elected to Second Duma
1907-1914
Editor, Russkaia Mysl' (Petrograd)
1914-1916
Member, Government Commission on Food Supply
1916
Awarded doctorate at Cambridge University
1917
Joined the Russian Provisional Government and resigned shortly afterward
Elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences
1919
Editor, Velikaia Rossiia (Southern Russia)
1919-1921
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Volunteer (White) Army under General Vrangel'
1923-1924
Editor, Russkaia Mysl' (Prague)
1925-1927
Editor, Vozrozhdenie (Paris)
1927-1928
Editor, Rossiia (Paris)
1928-1934
Contributor, Rossiia i Slavianstvo (Paris)
1944 February 26
Died, Paris, France
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1979, with increments received in 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1985.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

"Microfilm use only except Boxes 46-58, Envelope A, and memorabilia.

The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use."

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petr Berngardovich Struve 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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