Register of the Vrangel' family papers

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2 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Natasha Porfirenko, revised by Lora Soroka Date Completed: 2008 Encoded by: Jessica Lemieux and Lora Soroka 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Vrangel' family Dates: Collection number: Creator: Vrangel' family Collection Size: 9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box 6 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California Abstract: The Vrangel' family include correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian military activities during World War I, White Russian military activities during the Russian Civil War, and especially to Russian émigré affairs in the interwar period. Includes obituaries of Petr Vrangel' and letters of condolence following his death. Mainly in Russian. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: Languages represented in the collection: Russian and English Access Microfilm use only. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Vrangel' family, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1995 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 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. Biographical A veteran of the Russian-Japanese War ( ) and World War I General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' joined the anti-bolshevik armies in Southern Russia in late He was known for many years in Russia as the "black baron" and "the last enemy of the Soviet Republic", while on the other hand he was honored as "the last knight of the Russian Empire" by his comrades. Vrangel' was the commander-in-chief of the White Army in the final stage of the Civil War and leader of the White émigré movement. After the rout in early 1920 of the Denikin forces, Vrangel' succeeded Denikin in command and soon whipped the demoralized remains of the White Army into shape. He also tried to win popular support with a program for land reform. Vrangel' was successful for a while on the Crimean front, but after the Russian armistice with Poland in October 1920, the Communists were able to concentrate larger forces against him. Vrangel' was forced back into the Crimea, and in November 1920, he had to evacuate his forces to Constantinople. The Russian Civil War thus came to an end. Vrangel' died

3 in exile at Brussels. His children believed he had been poisoned by the Soviet secret police. He is buried in the Russian Cathedral in Belgrade. This collection contains personal of the members of the Vrangel' family: General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', his wife Baroness Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel' (including relating to her grandfather, conservative Russian journalist Mikhail Katkov), their son Baron Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', and grandson Baron Petr Petrovich Vrangel', as well as his mother Baroness Maria Dmitrievna Vrangel', his brother Baron Nikolai Nikolaevich Vrangel', and granddaughter Natal'ia. Scope and Content of Collection The Vrangel' family include correspondence, photographs, and military relating to Russian military activities during World War I, White Russian military activities during the Russian Civil War, and especially to Russian émigré affairs in the interwar period and after. They include obituaries of Petr Vrangel' and letters of condolence following his death. The materials are mainly in Russian. This collection contains personal of the members of the Vrangel' family: Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', his wife Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel', their son Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', and grandson Petr Petrovich Vrangel', as well as his mother Baroness Maria Dmitrievna Vrangel', his brother Nikolai Nikolaevich Vrangel', and granddaughter Natal'ia. A significant part of the collection are the letters from Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' to his wife Ol'ga during his time in the Army. The original correspondence was sent over an extensive time period; starting in pre-revolutionary times, through the Russian Revolution and Civil War period, and ending with the emigration. The letters give a unique picture of the dynamic situation in the Russian Army in exile with information on various people, military units and schools in emigration. Baroness Olga Mikhailovna Vrangel' worked as a volunteer nurse with the Russian Army during World War I, and after the revolution headed a group of volunteers who organized a tuberculosis sanitarium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. During the 1930s, while living in Belgium, she raised funds for the support and education of young Russian refugees. She later came to the United States, where she died in Olga Mikhailovna served as chairman of the Ladies Welfare Committee at Our Lady of Kazan Russian Orthodox Church in Long Island. Her include personal documents and correspondence. The of Baron Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel' contain materials on their family genealogy, correspondence, and a memoirs relating to the Russian Civil War and his grandfather Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'. The increment received in 2009 contains material relating to conservative Russian journalist Mikhail Katkov, grandfather of Olga Vrangel. Arrangement The collection is organized into four series: Family file, Photographs, Mlitary Archive, and Katkov Family file. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. World War, Russia Refugees Russia. Armiia--Officers Soviet Union--History--Revolution, Russia--Emigration and immigration Vrangel', Petr Nikolaevich, baron, Related Material There are two additional Vrangel' collections in the Hoover Institution. One originates with General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' and another with Baroness Maria D. Vrangel'. Vrangel' collection, , Hoover Institution Archives Baronessa Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel' collection, , Hoover Institution Archives Box: 1-5 Family file, Physical Description: 5 boxes Scope and Content Includes letters, service records, personal, articles, and obituaries relating to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'. Arrangement Arranged chronologically

4 Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2 Family history, undated Scope and Content Includes correspondence, astrological chart, the book Geschichte der Wrangel zur dänischen und Ordenszeit, and an edict of the Most Holy Synod of Russia (photocopy) Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' ( ), Children's drawing, undated Box/Folder: 1 : 4 Fairy tale and nursery rhymes, holograph (in Russian) by Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', undated Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Service record 1921 December 29 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Order of the day, 1916 January 27 Correspondence Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel' (wife) Pre-revolutionary period Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : 12 Letters from the Army (after the Revolution), Scope and Content Includes typescripts of the letters. Box/Folder: 1 : 13 Civil War,

5 Emigration Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : 15 circa 1923 Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Princess Mariia Vladimorovna, Scope and Content Includes letters from Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel'. Box/Folder: 2 : 5 Boris Alekseevich regarding Russian Army in Constantinople, 1921 May 13 Publications devoted to the last Russian Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', Clippings Box/Folder: 2 : 6 Bound,

6 Box/Folder: 2 : 7 Loose, News and magazines Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Scope and Content Includes articles commemorating departure of the White Army from the Crimea. Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Death anniversaries

7 Box/Folder: 2 : 18 Thirtieth, 1958 Box/Folder: 2 : 19 Fortieth, 1968 Box/Folder: 2 : 20 Fiftieth, 1978 Obituaries and letters and telegrams of condolence on the death of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', 1928 Box/Folder: 3 : 1-2 General Box/Folder: 3 : 3 Volume 1 (Russian correspondents) Box/Folder: 3 : 4 Volume 2 (Foreign correspondents) Available on microfilm reel 4 Clippings (bound) Available on microfilm reel 4 Box/Folder: 4 : 1 Russian news and magazines, 1928 Available on microfilm reel 4 Box/Folder: 10 : 1 Rossiia, newspaper, 1928 May 5 0 Box/Folder: 4 : 2 Foreign media, 1928 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 Près de la tombe, musique de Th. Evsevsky, symphony devoted to General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', Scope and Content Includes marches of Kirasir and Sumy Regiments

8 Box: 5 Ol'ga Mikhailovna Vrangel', wife of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' ( ), Box/Folder: 5 : 1 Marriage certificate of Petr Vrangel' and O'lga Ivanenko, 1908 October 1 Box/Folder: 5 : 2 Passports Box/Folder: 5 : 3 Certificates and travel documents (as a wife of the Commander in Chief of the Russian Army), Correspondence Box/Folder: 5 : 4 General, Box/Folder: 5 : 5 Family, undated. Scope and Content Includes letters from her daughters Natal'ia and Elena. Box/Folder: 5 : 6 Obituaries and letters of condolence, 1968 Box/Folder: 10 : 2 "Fears for Finland Future," interview with Baroness Vrangel in the Detroit News, 1940 February 11 0 Box: 5 : 7 Mariia Dmitrievna Vrangel', (mother of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel'). Letter to her granddaughter Natal'ia, undated Alexis (Aleksei Petrovich) Vrangel', son of Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' ( ), Personal documents and service

9 Box/Folder: 5 : 8 Birth certificate, 1922 July 7 Box/Folder: 5 : 9 Mein Stammbuch Vrangel' family genealogy compiled by Alexis Vrangel', Scope and Content In German. Box/Folder: 5 : 10 Marriage certificates Box/Folder: 5 : 11 Certificate of naturalization, United States of America, 1948 December 13 Box/Folder: 5 : 12 Diplomas Box/Folder: 5 : 13 Letter of recommendation, Headquarters, Continental Air Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York, 1955 Box/Folder: 5 : 14 Correspondence, Box/Folder: 5 : 15 Publishing file, Scope and Content Includes letter from A. Shcherbatov regarding the Smolensk GPU Archive. Box: 5 Photographs, Physical Description: 7 folders Scope and Content Prints depicting Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' during the Russian Civil War and in exile. Many prints depict his burial in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Box/Folder: 5 : 18 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', undated. Physical Description: 2 photographs

10 Photographs, Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' as Horse Guards officer, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1912 Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Parade in Tsaritsyn (Southern Russia) with General Denikin, Civil War, 1919 Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with his wife, Constantinople, Physical Description: 2 prints Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' with cadets in Yugoslavia, Physical Description: 2 prints Box/Folder: 5 : 20 General Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel' in Zemun, Yugoslavia, 1922 March 19. Physical Description: 1 album Box/Folder: 5 : 21 Russian Army in the Balkans, Physical Description: 1 postcard album Box/Folder: 5 : 22 Russian Army in exile (everyday activities), Physical Description: 1 album Box/Folder: 5 : 23 Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel', burial in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Physical Description: 29 prints Box/Folder: 10 : 3 Ninth Siberian Battalion, Ura-Tiub, 1870 August. Physical Description: 1 print 0 Box: 6-9 Military archive 1914 Physical Description: 4 boxes Box/Folder: 6 : 1 Polki Imperatorgkoi konnitsy, bound manuscript circa Scope and Content Includes verses

11 Military archive 1914 Box/Folder: 6 : 2 Polki Imperatorgkoi kavalerii, holograph lists, undated Box: 6-9 Box: 6 : 3-5 Shatilov, P. N., General, memoirs, undated. Volumes 1-3, undated. Box: 7 : 1-4 Volumes 4-6, undated. Available on microfilm reels 7 and 8 Box: 8 : 1-5 Volumes 7-11, undated. Available on microfilm reels 8 and 9 Box: 9 : 1-2 Volumes 12-13, undated. Available on microfilm reel 9 Scope and Content Includes content summary Box: 9 : 3 Sbornik Rossiiskoi voennoi poezii, izdanie obshche-kadetskogo ob'edineniia, Paris, 1957 Available on microfilm reel 9 Box: 9 Katkov family file Physical Description: 2 files Available on microfilm reels 9 and 10 Box/Folder: 9 : 4 Letters, memoranda, and essays by M. N. Katkov, copied by his daughter, N. M. Ivanenko, undated. 0 Scope and Content Bound manuscript Box/Folder: 6 : 2 Correspondence relating to the Katkov family,