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Aleksandr Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9d5nc6t9 No online items Register of the Aleksandr Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Aleksandr 75008 1 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Register of the Aleksandr Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Prepared by: Date Completed: Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Aleksandr Sergeevich Lukomskii papers, Date (inclusive): 1914-1939 Collection number: 75008 Creator: Lukomskii, Aleksandr Sergeevich Extent: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(1.7 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, notes, and printed matter, relating to Russian military operations during World War I, and to the Russian Civil War. Also available on microfilm (5 reels). Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: Russian. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Aleksandr Sergeevich Lukomskii papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired. 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 online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Alternative Forms of Material Available Also available on microfilm (5 reels). 1914-15 Secretary of Imperial Russian War Office 1915-16 Assistant to Minister of War, in charge of Army Supplies, Imperial Russia 1916-April Commander of the 32nd Infantry Division, Imperial Russian Army 1916 Chief of Staff of the 10th Army and Director of Military Operations (Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff) at Stavka, Imperial Russian Army Register of the Aleksandr 75008 2 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers 1917, April Appointed Commander of the 1st Army Corps, Imperial Russian Army 1917, June 16-SeptemberChief of Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Imperial Russian Army 12 1917-19 Chief of the White Russian Volunteer Army under General Kornilov; Chief of Military Administration (War Minister) and Assistant Commander-in-Chief under General Denikin; President of the Special Council, or Government attached to the Volunteer Army; General Wrangel's representative at the Inter-Allied High Commission in Constantinople. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, notes, and printed matter, relating to Russian military operations during World War I, and to the Russian Civil War. Also available on microfilm (5 reels). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Subjects Denikin, Anton Ivanovich, 1872-1947. Kornilov, Lavr Georgievich, 1870-1918. Russia. Armiia--Officers. Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) Dobrovol'cheskaia armiia. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918--Russia. Russia. Soviet Union. Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921. box 1 Correspondence, 1921-1939. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. box 1 Subject File, 1914-1925. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda,reports, lists, maps, notes, printed matter, etc., arranged alphabetically by subject. box 2-4 Speeches and Writings, 1890-1934. Scope and Content Note Speeches, drafts,manuscripts (handwritten and typewritten), and notes, by Aleksandr S. Lukomskii, arranged alphabetically by title or subject. box 4 Miscellany. Scope and Content Note Miscellaneous notes, memorabilia, printed matter. Box 1 CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1939 Box/Folder 1 : 1 Abramov, Fedor Fedorovich, 1937-38 Box/Folder 1 : 2 Register of the Aleksandr 75008 3 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Container List Anastasia, n.d. Box/Folder 1 : 3 Arkhangel'skii, Aleksandr, 1938 Box/Folder 1 : 4 Brinza, Madame, 1936 Box/Folder 1 : 5 Burtsev, Vladimir L'vovich, 1921 Box/Folder 1 : 6 Denikin, Anton, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1933-34 Box/Folder 1 : 7 International Center of Active Battle Against Communism (Brussels), 1938 Box/Folder 1 : 8 Krupenskii, A.N., 1928 Box/Folder 1 : 9 Kusonskii, Major General, 1921 Box/Folder 1 : 10 Kutepov, A., 1924, 1928 Box/Folder 1 : 11 Main Directorate of the Union of Russian Invalids Abroad (France), 1939 Box/Folder 1 : 12 Metropolitan of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe, 1938 Box/Folder 1 : 13-14 Miller, Evgenii K., 1921, 1924, 1930-31, 1934 Box/Folder 1 : 15 Nicholas, Grand Duke, 1924-28 Box/Folder 1 : 16 Olga Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess, 1920 Box/Folder 1 : 17 Polovtzeff, Kirill A., 1937 Box/Folder 1 : 18 Tikhmeneff, Nikolai Mikhailovich, 1939 Box/Folder 1 : 19 Union of Participants in the 1st Kuban March (Belgrade), 1927, 1932, 1937 Register of the Aleksandr 75008 4 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Container List Box/Folder 1 : 20 Miscellaneous SUBJECT FILE, 1914-1925 Box/Folder 1 : 21 Address book Box/Folder 1 : 22 "Brief Survey on Numerical Strength of the Russian Army" (in Russian), October 20, 1921 Box/Folder 1 : 23 Commission for Drawing-Up Means of Resistance Against "Soviet Dumping" in the Russian Emigration - Report (Komissiia Po Vyrabotke Mer Bor'by s "Sovetskim Dempingom" Sredi Russkoi Emigratsii - Doklad) Box/Folder 1 : 24 "Concerning the Murder of Former Emperor Nicholas II and His Family" (in Russian), by Minister of Justice Petukhov Box/Folder 1 : 25 Currency, Chinese and Japanese Denkin, General Box/Folder 1 : 26 Excerpts from a speech, February 28, 1931 (in Russian) Box/Folder 1 : 27 Speech, May 22, 1917 (in Russian) Box/Folder 1 : 28 Guchkov, War Minister, response to his order by A. Lukomskii Box/Folder 1 : 29 Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Box/Folder 1 : 30 Maps Box/Folder 1 : 31 Maria Fedorovna, Dowager Empress of Russia, official response to Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich's proclamation of himself as Emperor of Russian (in Russian), October 4, 1924 Box/Folder 1 : 32 Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke, interview with E. Roberts ( Associated Press), May 4, 1924, Paris (in Russian) Box/Folder 1 : 33 Passport (1924) Register of the Aleksandr 75008 5 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Container List Box/Folder 1 : 34 Production in Russia under the bolshevik government (1920) Box/Folder 1 : 35 Report to Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich regarding trip to Far East for possible anti-bolshevik movement, 1925 (in Russian) Box/Folder 1 : 36 Russian All-Military Union (Paris) (Russkii Obshche-Voinskii Soiuz) Box/Folder 1 : 37 "The Russian Army of General Wrangel Abroad" (in Russian), by Pavel A. Kusonskii, 1921. Box/Folder 1 : 38 Telegram from Headquarters to Petersburg (beginning of the revolution) Box/Folder 1 : 39 "To the Peoples of the World" (in Russian), by General Wrangel Box 2 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1890-1934 Box/Folder 2 : 1 "Before the New European Catastrophe" (in Russian), 1922 Box/Folder 2 : 2 Beginning of the 'Democratization' of the Army in 1917 (in Russian) Box/Folder 2 : 3 Commentary on Colonel P.S. Mironov's article, "Mobilization Standards of Supply in the Russian Army" (in Russian) Box/Folder 2 : 4 Commentary on V. N. Kokovtsev's book, Out of My Past (in Russian), 1934 Box/Folder 2 : 5 Commentary on Iu. N. Danilov's book, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (in Russian), 1930 Box/Folder 2 : 6 "Commercial-Industrial Rehabilitation in Russia" (in Russian) Box/Folder 2 : 7 "Dragomirov, General-Adjutant Mikhail Ivanovich" (in Russian), 1930 Box/Folder 2 : 8 Dragomirov, M. M. "Essays From My Life" ("Ocherki Iz Moei Zhizni") Box/Folder 2 : 9 Register of the Aleksandr 75008 6 Sergeevich Lukomskii Papers Container List Part I, "From First Childhood Reminiscences to the Graduation from the Petrov Poltava Kadet Corps" (in Russian) Box/Folder 2 : 10 Parts II and III (in Russian) Box/Folder 2 : 11-14 Part IV, "Kiev Military Region, 1897-1909" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 1 Part V, "Period of Service in the Main Directorate of the General Staff and in the Office of the War Ministry, 1909-1914" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 2 "The Experience of War As Material for Preparation of the Troops" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 3 "Fire" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 4 "The Forgotten Army" (in Russian and English) Box/Folder 3 : 5 Franco-Russian alliance (in French and Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 6 "General N. N. Golovin" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 7 "I Think ..." (in Russian), clipping from Russkaia Gazeta, New York, July 16, 1933 Box/Folder 3 : 8 "In Memory of Lieutenant General Aleksandr Sergeevich Sannikov" (in Russian), 1931 Box/Folder 3 : 9 "Industrial and Commercial Restoration of Russia" Box/Folder 3 : 10 "Inspection of the Infantry" (in Russian), 1923 Box/Folder 3 : 11 "Intervention and Current Affairs" (in Russian) Box/Folder 3 : 12 "The Last Period of the World War, Agreement and Participation of Russia in the
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