Alexander Atabekian Papers 1890-1894

International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Alexander Atabekian Papers...... 3 Context...... 3 Content and Structure...... 3 Access and Use...... 4 Allied Material...... 4 LIST...... 4 Correspondence...... 4 Other documents...... 5

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Alexander Atabekian Papers

Collection ID ARCH00246 Creator Atabekian, Alexander Period 1890-1894 Extent 0.12 m. Language list English Language of Material Russian

Context

Biographical Note Alexander Atabekian (Атабекян Александр Моисеевич (Мовсесович)): Born in Shusha, Transcaucasia, Russia 1868 of Armenian descent, died in Russia 1940 (?); studied medicine in Geneva and Lyon; became an anarchist in 1890 through Kropotkin's (Кропоткин) publications; in Geneva he published Armenian and Russian translations of Kropotkin (Кропоткин) and other anarchist authors; edited in 1894 the only Armenian anarchist periodical Hamaink (Амайнк) (5 nos.); worked between 1896 and 1917 as a doctor in Northern Persia; after the February Revolution again active in the anarchist movement; edited the anarchist magazine Pocin (Почин), representing the anarcho-cooperative trend in the libertarian movement 1919-1923; one of the veteran anarchists who founded the Kropotkin Museum (Музей Кропоткина) in Moscow; arrested in the 1930s and presumably died in a labour camp in 1940. See a biographical sketch of Atabekian in French language.

Acquisition These papers were originally part of the Nettlau collection. The IISH acquired this collection in 1935 from Max Nettlau, with financial support of the Centrale Arbeiders-Verzekerings- en Deposito- Bank (the Centrale). The contract was signed November 1935.

Content and Structure

Content Letters from Peter Kropotkin (Кропоткин Петр) 1891-1893, Max Nettlau 1892-1894, Paraškev Stojanov 1890-1894 and others. NB. Originally part of the Nettlau collection.

Processing Information List by Tiny de Boer in 2010 Revised for purposes of digitization by Eva van Oene in 2015.

Subjects

Geographic Names

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USSR (former)

Persons Kropotkin, Peter Nettlau, Max

Themes Anarchist movements

Material Type Archival material

Access and Use

Access Not restricted

Restrictions on Use For reasons of protection of the original documents, only scans are available for use.

Preferred Citation Alexander Atabekian Papers , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

Allied Material

Alternative Form Complete Papers digitized as part of the Centrale Project 2012-2016.

LIST

Correspondence

1-32 Letters from various persons to Atabekian. With notes by Max Nettlau. 1890-1894 and n.d. 29 covers and 3 folders 1 Alisov. With notes by Max Nettlau. 1893. 2 Barbagallo, A. 1892. 3 Čerkezov (Tcherkezoff), Varlaam. 1892-1894 and n.d. 4 Condulmari, Virginio. 1993-1994.

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5 Conelli, Giovanni A. 1893. 6 Daudet, A. 1893 and n.d. 7 Deghilage. N.d. 8 Edgar, Sacré. 1893. 9 Emel'jančenko (Emilantchenko). 1891 and n.d. 10 Flinck, Schriftgiesserei. 1891. 11 Grave, J. 1892. 12 Gross, Jacques. 1891. 13 Kampfmeyer, B. 1893. 14 Körner, Wilhelm. 1894. 15 Kropotkin, Peter. 1891-1893 and n.d. (folder) 16 Lavrov, Petr. 1893. 17 Malatesta, Errico. 1893. 18 Nazarbekoff, A. N.d. 19 Nenkov, Pet''r. 1893. 20 Nettlau, Max. 1892-1894 and n.d. 21 Palussière, Maurice. 1893. 22 Paolicchi, Guido. 1893. 23 Reclus, Elisée. 1892-1893. 24 Russian Free Press Fund. 1892-1894 and n.d. 25 Schicchi, Paolo. 1892. 26 Schwab, G. 1891. 27 Spohr, Wilhelm. 1893. 28-29 Stojanov, Paraškev. With notes by Max Nettlau. 1890-1894. 28 1890-1891. (folder) 29 1892-1894 and n.d. (folder) 30 Sullam, Marc. 1894. 31 Unknown. 1892 and n.d. 32 Empty envelopes. 1892-1893 and n.d.