Petr Semenovich Makhrov Papers, 1841-1961

Petr Semenovich Makhrov Papers, 1841-1961

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Makhrov
Bib ID:
4077788 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Makhrov, Petr Semenovich, 1877-1964
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
500 items (10 boxes)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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Description

Scope and Content

Papers of Petr S. Makhrov, consisting primarily of extensive manuscript memoirs. Emigrating to France, he became a leading figure in the "Soviet patriotic" movement during and after World War II. His memoirs, in thousands of pages, discuss all aspects of his career. The papers also include correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed materials. There are orders (prikazy) from World War I and the Civil War, and reports and telegrams from his time in Poland. There is a copy of "Russkie v Gallipoli" autographed by Wrangel, and a photograph album entitled "Russkai︠a︡ armii︠a︡ na Balkanakh." Also included is the 1841 report of the director of the Imperial Military Academy in St. Petersburg, General Sukhozanet.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1962.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1963.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1952.

Papers Accessioned 1962.

Papers Accessioned 1965.

Papers Processed 01/--/80.

Papers Accessioned 1960.

Papers Accessioned 1963.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Makhrov entered the army as a private in the 1890s, and then worked his way up through the ranks. He achieved general's rank during World War I. He was White army chief of staff under Denikin and Wrangel in 1920, and then served as Wrangel's military representative in Poland in 1920-1921.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts)
Letters (correspondence)
Memoirs
Orders (military records)
Photographic prints
Telegrams
Name
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich, 1872-1947
Vrangel', Petr Nikolaevich, Baron, 1878-1928
Place
Poland -- History -- Wars of 1918-1921
Subject
Books
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Military education
Russians -- France
Scrapbooks
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union

Series I: Correspondence


Box 1

Denikin, Anton Ivanovich


Box 1

Maklakov, Vasilii Alekseevich


Box 1

Struve, Petr Berngardovich


Box 1

Wrangel, Petr Nikolaevich


Box 1

Arranged Correspondence

Series II: Photographs


Box 1

Alekseev, Mikhail Vasil'evich


Box 1

Denikin, Anton Ivanovich


Box 1

Koroilov, Lavr Georgievich

Series III: Documents and Manuscripts


Box 1

General Documents


Memoirs


Box 2

On Military Education


Box 3

On World War I (includes memoir on Gen, M.V.Alekseev)


Box 4

On Revolution & Civil War. ("v Beloi Armii Generala Denikina" "General Vrangel i B. Savinkov" on microfilm)


Box 5

Related Materials on Revolution & Civil War: Manuscripts by others, reports, telegrams, orders (includes material on Poland in 1920-1921)."


Box 6

On the White Army in Emigration; and the White Emigration during and after World War II


Box 7

Diary, with clippings, about World War II


Box 8

Tsetsiliia D'Angall', "Dnevnik gadalki"


P.S.Makhrov


Box 8

"Istoricheskaia pamiatka o Vilenskom voennom uchilishche"


Box 8

"Bonapartism MarchTukhachevskogo i pen. Skoblina"


Box 8

"SSSR 1917-1945 i krushenie starogo mira", 1917-1945


Box 8

''L'URSS victorieuse devart le monde capitaliste"

Series IV: Printed Material


Box 9

General Printed Material


"Kratkii otchet o rabote Dezhurnogo Generala Shtaba Osoboi Armii", August 19l6-February1918.


Box 10

Pamphlets by Makhrov and others and Russkie v Gallipoli, autographed by Mangel.