Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Alekseev, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1857-1918
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, reports, military orders, and photographs, relating to Russian military activities during the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Russian Civil War, and especially to the organization of the Dobrovol'cheskaia Armiia. Includes some posthumous biographical material
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box, 1 envelope (0.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Mikhail V. Alekseev Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1857 Born1876 Graduated from the Moscow Military Cadet School1877-78 Fought in the Turkish War1904 Promoted to General1904-05 Director of Operations of the II Army during the Russo-Japanese War1912 Commander of the XII Army Corps1914 Chief of Staff of the Southwestern Front in Galicia1915 Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern Front1915-17 Chief of Staff for the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Nicholas II1917 Military adviser to the Russian Provisional Government Organized the Volunteer Army1918 Participated in the First Kuban Campaign (Icy March) Died, Ekaterinodar - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Officers
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front - Names:
- Russia. Armii͡a
Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Dobrovolʹcheskai͡a armii͡a. Kornilovskiĭ polk
Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, II, 1868-1918
Kornilov, Lavr Georgievich, 1870-1918 - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Mikhail V. Alekseev Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563