http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt538nf189 Online items available Register of the Okhrana records Finding aid prepared by Andrej Kobal and Sally DeBauche Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6010 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 1964, 2016 Register of the Okhrana records 26001 1 Title: Okhrana records Date (inclusive): 1883-1917 Collection Number: 26001 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Russian Physical Description: 232 manuscript boxes, 86 card file boxes, 6 oversize boxes(194.6 linear feet) Abstract: Intelligence reports from agents in the field and the Paris office, dispatches, circulars, headquarters studies, correspondence of revolutionaries, and photographs, relating to activities of Russian revolutionists abroad. Collection is available on microfilm (509 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Russia. Departament politsii. Zagranichnaia agentura (Paris) Access Microfilm use only. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Okhrana records, [Index number, Folder number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1926. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Alternate Forms Available Collection is available on microfilm (509 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Related Collections Vladimir A. Burtsev papers, Hoover Institution Archives Vasilii A. Maklakov papers, Hoover Institution Archives Aleksandr Pavlovich Martynov writings, Hoover Institution Archives Boris Nicolaevsky papers, Hoover Institution Archives Winifred V. Ramplee-Smith collection, Hoover Institution Archives Russia. Posol'stvo (France) records, Hoover Institution Archives Russian subject collection, Hoover Institution Archives Viktor Nikolaevich Russiian typescript, Hoover Institution Archives Historical Note Russian Imperial Secret Police (Okhrana), Paris office. Scope and Content of Collection Intelligence reports from agents in the field and the Paris office, dispatches, circulars, headquarters studies, correspondence of revolutionaries, and photographs, relating to activities of Russian revolutionists abroad. Collection is available on microfilm (509 reels). Subjects and Indexing Terms Russia. Okhrannyi͡a otdi͡elenīi͡a. Revolutionaries--Russia. Secret service--Russia. Register of the Okhrana records 26001 2 Socialism--Russia. Russia--History--Alexander III, 1881-1894. Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Boxes 1-3 I. History of the Okhrana Scope and Contents note The files of the Okhrana office in Paris don't contain statute books giving the legal provision of the agency or printed materials on its establishment and growth. The Special Corps of Gendarmes publications that comprise part of this file, however, give frequent references to pertinent legislation. The collection of annual Vedomost' and Obzor, large volumes covering the period 1887-1901, while intended for the purpose of briefing Okhrana personnel, present the intelligence service by guberniia and illustrate the history of the Okhrana within the empire. The yearly volumes of the Vedomost' (Reports of the Findings of the Imperial Gendarmerie Concerning Offenses Against the State) cover the period from 1887-1897 (with volumes 1892-1894 bound together with the volumes of the Obzor). The Obzor (Review of Important Findings of the Gendarmerie) covers the years 1892-1901. Another printed item included under this index is the 1894 Zapiska (a report on the political situation in Poland), which gives Okhrana accounts by guberniia. A short history of the Okhrana abroad is also given in the notes of principal agent Marcel Bittard-Monin, while the small number of documents under this topic serve as a sampling of early operations or as a reference to the laws concerning the service. Access Available on microfilm reels 1-11 Vedomost' doznaniam, proizvodishimsia v zhandarmskikh upravleniakh Imperii po gosudarstvennym prestupleniam, 1887-1897 Index I, Folder 1 Volume XII, 1887 Access Available on microfilm reel 4 Index I, Folder 2 Volume XIII, 1888 Access Available on microfilm reel 4 Index I, Folder 3 Volume XIV, 1889 Access Available on microfilm reel 4 Index I, Folder 4 Volume XV, 1890 Access Available on microfilm reel 4 Index I, Folder 5 Volume XVI, 1891 Access Available on microfilm reel 4 Index I, Folder 6 Volume XVIII, 1894 Access Available on microfilm reel 6 Register of the Okhrana records 26001 3 I. History of the Okhrana Index I, Folder 7 Volume XIX, 1895 Access Available on microfilm reel 6 Index I, Folder 8 Volume XX, 1896 Access Available on microfilm reel 6 Index I, Folder 9 Volume XXI, 1897 Access Available on microfilm reel 6 Obzor vaznieishikh doznanii, proizvodivshikhsia v zhandarmskikh upravleniiakh Imperii, po gosudarstvennym prestupleniiam , 1892-1901 Index I, Folder 10 Volume XVII, 1892-1893 Access Available on microfilm reel 10 Index I, Folder 11 Volume XVIII, 1894 Access Available on microfilm reel 10 Index I, Folder 12 Volumes XIX-XX, 1895-1896 Access Available on microfilm reel 8 Index 1, Folder 13 Volume XXI, 1897 Access Available on microfilm reel 8 Index I, Folder 14 Volume XXII-XXIII, 1898-1899 Access Available on microfilm reel 8 Scope and Contents note Includes appended alphabetical list of offenders. Index I, Folder 15 Volume XXIV, 1900 Access Available on microfilm reel 9 Index I, Folder 16 Volume XXV, 1901 Access Available on microfilm reel 9 Index I, Folder 17 Memorandum of the French Minister of the Interior to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1887 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 18 Background information on French Minister Lockroy, 1873 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Register of the Okhrana records 26001 4 I. History of the Okhrana Index I, Folder 19 Notes of principal non-Russian agent Marcel Bittard-Monin on the history of the Okhrana in Paris Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 20 News item on a meeting of security chiefs in Petersburg, 1913 July Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 21 References to the basic law of 1896 on the maintenance of Okhrana personnel. Incoming dispatch, 1904 April 20 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 22 Incoming and circular letters, 1903, 1914 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 23 Zapiska. Printed report on the political situation in Poland; Okhrana accounts by guberniias, 1895 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index I, Folder 24 Reference sheet: See IIc for Obshchii sostav upravlenii i chinov otdel'nago korpusa zhandarmov Boxes 4-10 II. History of Okhrana abroad Box 4 a. Paris office Scope and Contents note The earliest document in this series is dated 1886, the year after Petr Ivanovich Rachkovskii was sent to Paris as the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (M.V.D.), or several years after his predecessor Petr Vasil'evich Korvin-Krukovskii (Pierre Newsky) was known to have acted in the Okhrana capacity in France. Only the dispatches concerning the growth and responsibilities of the Okhrana office are included in this series. Of particular significance is Rachkovskii's letter to Fragnan, chief of the Paris police, explaining his position and responsibility as chief of the Okhrana mission in Paris. A short draft on the history of the Paris Office and activities prepared by a member of the 1917 commission which terminated the Okhrana abroad is also included. Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index IIa, Folder 1 Incoming and outgoing Okhrana dispatches concerning the growth, responsibilities, and management of the Paris office, 1886-1915 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index IIa, Folder 2 Instructions for collecting military intelligence issued to Manasevich-Manuilov, 1905 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Register of the Okhrana records 26001 5 II. History of Okhrana abroad a. Paris office Index IIa, Folder 3 English translation of Rachkovskii's letter to Fragnan, Chief of Police of Paris, explaining his position and responsibilities as Okhrana chief in Paris, 1887 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Index IIa, Folder 4 Introductory draft on the history of the Paris Okhrana, written for publication by a member of the revolutionary investigative commission, 1917 Access Available on microfilm reel 11 Scope and Contents note Includes an English translation. Index IIa, Folder 5 Cross-reference sheet Reference: See IId for letter of instructions for the reorganization