http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf738nb1zk No online items Register of the Yudenich collection Finding aid prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 1998 Register of the Yudenich XX048 1 collection Title: Yudenich collection Date: 1919-1921 Collection Number: XX048 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Russian Physical Description: 24 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders(10.6 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, military documents, proclamations, maps, and printed matter, relating to the campaigns of the White Russian Severo-Zapadnaia Armiia and other aspects of the Russian Civil War, White Russian relations with the Allied Powers, and activities of White Russian representatives in Europe. Creator: Yudenich, Nikolay Nikolayevich, 1862-1933. Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Yudenich collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives. 1862 Born 1881 Graduated, Aleksandrovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche, St. Petersburg 1887 Graduated, Nikolaevskaia Akademiia General'nago SHtaba 1905-1907 Took part in the Russo-Japanese War. Promoted to Major-General 1912 Appointed Chief of Staff of the Kazan' Military District and promoted to Lieutenant-General 1913 Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Caucasus Military District 1914-1915 Appointed Commander of the Caucasus and promoted to General-of-Infantry for victories in the Erzerum and Trapezund campaigns 1917 Removed from command by the Provisional Government 1918 Escaped to Finland and later Estonia 1919 Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the White forces in the North-Western Military Sector and subsequently Minister of War in the Government of the North-West by Admiral Kolchak 1920 Interned with his army in Estonia after failure of Petersburg campaign 1933 Died in Cannes, France Scope and Content This collection contains material related to Gen. Nikolai Yudenich's Army of the North-West, during the period of 1919-1920. It includes correspondence, reports, charts and maps dealing with military action on the Petrograd front, military action and conflicts in the Baltic area and Finland and relations between the Army of the North-West and its European allies, especially England and France. The collection was first arranged by Lieut.-Gen. Nikolai Golovin and described in two volumes entitled "Podrobnaia Opis' Del Arkhiva Severo-Zapadnago Fronta Grazhdanskoi Voiny v Rossii 1919 I 1920 Godov. S Kratkim Izlozheniem Soderzhaniia Vsekh Dokumentov Imeiushchikh Istoricheskoe Znachenie", which can be found in Box 25. The present register fully retains Gen. Golovin's arrangement, in which the material is divided into files and each page numbered consecutively. Subjects and Indexing Terms Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920). Severo-Zapadnaia armiia. Russia. Armii͡a--Officers. Russia (Federation) Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920. Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921. Soviet Union. Register of the Yudenich XX048 2 collection ARKHIV SEVERO-ZAPODNAGO FRONTA GRAZHDANSKOI VOINY V ROSSII GODOV 1919-1920 ARKHIV SEVERO-ZAPODNAGO FRONTA GRAZHDANSKOI VOINY V ROSSII GODOV 1919-1920 Scope and Contents note Material related to Gen. Nikolai Yudenich's Army of the North-West dealing primarily with the military situation near Petrograd and in the Baltics as well as diplomatic relations with the Allies, including Great Britain, France, and the U.S., and negotiations with the Baltic states, especially Estonia. Includes correspondence, reports, military orders and maps, printed matter, and personal documents. The present register retains the original arrangement of Gen. Nikolai Golovin, in which the material is divided into files and each page numbered consecutively. File 1, Miscellaneous material, including intelligence reports, telegrams, and maps related to the military situation on the Northern Front, generated by the SHtab Severo-Zapadnoi Armii, Otdel Vneshnikh Snoshenii (Col. Kruzenshtern), Razvedyvatel'noe Otdelenie and Morskaia Razvedka. Includes material re Petrograd and its environs and the Narva, Luga, Gatchina, Iamburg, and Kronstadt front 1919 May-September Box 1, Folder 1 1-12 Folder 2 13-27 Folder 3 28-55 Folder 4 56-74 Folder 5 75-92 Folder 6 93-126 Folder 7 127-148 Folder 8 149-165 Folder 9 166-181 Folder 10 182-198 Folder 11 199-210 Folder 12 211-224 Folder 13 225-244 Folder 14 245-263 Folder 15 264-277 File 2, Same as above. Also includes excerpts from Soviet newspapers and reports re Scandinavia and the Baltic region 1919 October-November Box 1, Folder 16 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 17 1-50 Folder 18 51-72 Folder 19 73-93 Folder 20 94-110 Folder 21 111-140 Folder 22 141-163 Folder 23 164-179 Folder 24 180-193 Folder 25 194-212 Folder 26 213-234 Folder 27 235-255 Folder 28 235-255 Folder 29 277-287 Folder 30 288-309 File 3, Same as above. Also includes copies of Soviet decrees, declarations and slogans; maps indicating troop deployment; reports re conditions in Petrograd and the relationship of Danish Syndicalists to the Soviet government 1919 November-1920 January Box 1, Folder 31 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 30 1-38 Folder 32 39-58 Folder 33 59-101 Folder 34 102-126 Register of the Yudenich XX048 3 collection ARKHIV SEVERO-ZAPODNAGO FRONTA GRAZHDANSKOI VOINY V ROSSII GODOV 1919-1920 Folder 35 127-163 File 4, Same as above. Also includes material re military situation, including deployment and condition of troops 1919 May-June Box 2, Folder 1 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 2 1-9 Folder 3 10-23 Folder 4 24-38 Folder 5 39-82 Folder 6 83-121 Folder 7 122-148 Folder 8 149-190 Folder 9 191-221 File 5, Same as above 1919 July-September Box 2, Folder 10 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 11 1-21 Folder 12 22-38 Folder 13 39-61 Folder 14 62-88 Folder 15 89-105 Folder 16 106-123 Folder 17 124-131 Folder 18 132-139 Folder 19 140-174 Folder 20 175-201 Folder 21 202-236 Folder 22 237-267 Folder 23 268-304 Folder 24 305-368 File 6, Same as above 1919 September 5-November 16. Box 2, Folder 25 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 26 1-25 Folder 27 26-31 Folder 28 32-48 Folder 29 49-87 Folder 30 88-114 Folder 31 115-125 Folder 32 126-150 Folder 33-34 161-184 File 7, Same as above. Also includes operational reports, mostly telegrams 1919 November-1920 January Box 3, Folder 1 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 2 1-46 Folder 3 47-91 Folder 4 92-161 File 8, Same as above 1919 June-December Box 3, Folder 5 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 6 1-30 Folder 7 31-72 Folder 8 73-150 Folder 9 151-203 Folder 10 204-225 Folder 11 226-261 Folder 12 262-298 File 9, Same as above 1919 December-1920 February Box 3, Folder 13 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 14 1-46 Folder 15 47-80 Folder 16 81-127 Register of the Yudenich XX048 4 collection ARKHIV SEVERO-ZAPODNAGO FRONTA GRAZHDANSKOI VOINY V ROSSII GODOV 1919-1920 Folder 17 128-161 Folder 18 162-190 Folder 19 191-247 File 10, Correspondence of Col. Aleksandr Brant, Rossiiskii Voennyi Agent v Germanii and Rossiiskaia Voennaia Missiia. Includes material re transfer of recruits from Germany to the Armies of the North-West; Libavskii Dobrovol'cheskii Strelkovyi Otriad Kniazia Livena; relations with Allies and German authorities 1919 September-1920 February Box 3, Folder 20 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 21 1-25 Folder 22 26-69 File 11, Includes material re Estonia, supply (including through direct order of Winston Churchill), the military situation, relations with Omsk, the Libavskii Dobrovol'cheskii Otriad Kniazia Livena, the situation in the Baltic, and the defense of Petrograd; intelligence reports; maps; and the correspondence of Maj.-Gen. Vasilii Bezkupskii, Gen. I. Laidoner, Lieut.-Gen. Petr Glazenap, Col. K. Kruzenshtern, Gen. Nikolai IUdenich, and Lieut.-Gen. A. Gerua 1919 May-December Box 3, Folder 23 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 24 1-28 Folder 25 29-50 Folder 26 51-70 Folder 27 71-106 Folder 28 107-157 Folder 29 158-195 File 12, Includes intelligence reports re disarmament of the Army of the North-West and the requisition of Russian property by the Estonians, relations with the Estonian government and the French, English, and American Missions in Estonia and the Estonian peace agreement with the Soviet Union; and correspondence of Gen. Nikolai Iudenich, John Allyne Gade, T. Tenison, Birk, S. Sazonov, Gen. I. Laidoner, and Lieut.-Gen. P. Glazenap 1919 November-1920 February Box 4, Folder 1 Original binding cover describing material included in file Folder 2 1-25 Folder 3 26-54 Folder 4 55-87 Folder 5 88-120 Folder 6 121-163 Folder 7 164-187 File 13. Includes intelligence reports re the situation of the Army of the North-West after the Soviet-Estonian Peace Treaty, the situation in Finland, the arrest of an anti-Bolshevik conspiracy in Petrograd, Estonian mistreatment of military and civilian refugees, the army of Maj.-Gen. S. Bulak-Balakhovich. Also includes a copy of the treaty between Estonia and the Soviet Union, and the correspondence of Lieut.-Gen. Evgenii Miller, Gen. Nikolai IUdenich, Lieut.-Gen.