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Register of the Kniaz' Nikolai Vladimirovich Sviatopolk-Mirskii papers

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova

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 Title: Kniaz' Nikolai Vladimirovich Sviatopolk-Mirskii papers
Date (inclusive): 1799-1984
Collection Number: 71026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material: French, Russian, and Polish
Physical Description: 14 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes(8.7 linear feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, notes, genealogical charts, certificates, and photographs relating to the history of the
Sviatopolk-Mirskii family from the tenth to the twentieth century and to Russian émigré affairs. Consists mainly of drafts of,
and working materials for, a genealogical history. Includes photographs of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Creator: Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Nikolai Vladimirovich, kniaz', 1899-1982.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Kniaz' Nikolai Vladimirovich Sviatopolk-Mirskii papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1971.
Accruals
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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.
Biographical Note
Nikolai Vladimirovich Sviatopolk-Mirskii was a Russian aristocrat, émigré to Yugoslavia and Switzerland, and interpreter for
the Yugoslav delegation to the League of Nations.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers consist primarily of writings, correspondence, notes, genealogical charts, certificates, and photographs relating
to the history of the Sviatopolk-Mirskii family from the tenth to the twentieth century and to Russian émigré affairs.
Collection includes drafts of, and working materials for, a genealogical history. Includes photographs of Emperor Nicholas II
and Empress Alexandra. Of particular interest in the collection are letters written to and from Romanov family members.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Alexandra, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918--Pictorial works.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Pictorial works.
Romanov, House of.
Sviatopolk-Mirskii family.
Poland--Court and courtiers.
Russia--Court and courtiers.
Russia--Emigration and immigration.

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Biographical File, 1918-1977
Career records, 1920-1939

Box 1 Biographical File, 1918-1977

Scope and Contents note
Certificates, curriculum vitae, identification cards, immigration and travel papers, and other
materials relating to the life and career of Nikolai Vladimirovich Sviatopolk-Mirskii, arranged
alphabetically by physical form.
See also: Sviatopolk-Mirskii Family File.
   
Box/Folder 1:1 Certificates, 1918 (1899)-1945
Scope and Contents note
Includes notarized copy of N. V. Sviatopolk-Mirskii's baptism certificate.
   

  Career records, 1920-1939

Scope and Contents note
Includes certificates, recommendations, and employment verification letters relating to N.
V. Sviatopolk-Mirskii's diplomatic assignments, arranged chronologically.
   
Box/Folder 1:2 1920-1925
Box/Folder 1:3 1929
Box/Folder 1:4 1932-1939

Box/Folder 1:5

Education records, 1920-1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes an extract from diploma of the University of Belgrade.

  

Box/Folder 1:6

Financial records, 1920-1929

Scope and Contents note

Includes Banque Cantonale Vaudoise statements.

  

Box/Folder 1:7

Identification documents, 1920-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes passport, embarkation orders, various alien registration documents, and residency permits. See also: immigration
and travel file.

  

Box/Folder 1:8

Immigration papers, 1944-1947

Box/Folder 1:9-11

"Personal notes," 1930-1977

Scope and Contents note

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Biographical File, 1918-1977
Career records, 1920-1939

Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, and genealogy charts. The original order of the files was retained.

  

  Travel papers, 1936-1938

Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, notes, and receipts related to N. V. Sviatopolk-Mirskii's trip to
his family homestead in Mir, Poland.
   
Box/Folder 1:12 Correspondence, 1936-1938
Box/Folder Receipts, 1936-1938
1:13-14
Boxes 1-3 Sviatopolk-Mirskii Family File, 1902-1963
Scope and Contents note
Includes identification cards, immigration papers, correspondence, and other materials
relating to the lives and careers of the Sviatopolk-Mirskii family members, arranged
alphabetically by name.
   

  Prince Andrei (Andre) Vladimirovich file, 1902-1949

   
Box/Folder 1:15 Certificates, 1902-1949
Scope and Contents note
Includes Andrei's birth, baptism, identity, and death certificates.
   
Box/Folder 1:16 Education and career file, 1926-1932
Scope and Contents note
Includes education certificates and employment verification letter.
   

Box/Folder 1:17

Georges and Jean (Mirski), 1942-1947

Scope and Contents note

Includes immigration papers and correspondence.

  

  Princess Maria Aleksandrovna (Mirskaia) file, 1923-1963

   
  Biographical file, 1924-1963
Box/Folder 2:1 Passports and certificates of identity, 1924-1945
Box/Folder 2:2 Russian Orthodox Church Abroad award certificate, Belgrade, 1924
Box/Folder 2:3 Obituary and burial papers. 1959-1963
  Correspondence, 1923-1958
  Anastasia Nikolaevna (Anastasia of Montenegro), Grand Duchess of Russia,
1924-1931
Box/Folder 2:4 1924-1925
Box/Folder 2:5 1926
Box/Folder 2:6 1927
Box/Folder 2:7 1928
Box/Folder 2:8 1930-1931
Box/Folder 2:9 Dolgorukii, Prince, 1928
Box/Folder 2:10 Dukhovskaia, Ol'ga, 1946
  Elena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, 1931-1956

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Sviatopolk-Mirskii Family File, 1902-1963
Princess Maria Aleksandrovna (Mirskaia) file, 1923-1963

Box/Folder 2:11 1931

Box/Folder 2:12 1947
Box/Folder 2:13 1949-1950
Box/Folder 2:14 1951-1952
Box/Folder 2:15 1953-1954
Box/Folder 2:16 1955-1956
Box/Folder 2:17 Feofan, Bishop, 1925
  Ksenia (Xenia) Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, 1923-1957
Box/Folder 2:18 1923
Box/Folder 2:19 1927-1928
Box/Folder 3:1 1929-1930
Box/Folder 3:2 1931-1932
Box/Folder 3:3 1948-1949
Box/Folder 3:4 1950-1951
Box/Folder 3:5 1952-1953
Box/Folder 3:6 1954-1955
Box/Folder 3:7 1956-1957
Box/Folder 3:8 Militza Nikolaevna (Militza of Montenegro), Grand Duchess of Russia,
1926-1949
  Nikolai (Nicholas) Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia, 1923-1928
Scope and Contents note
Includes drafts, notes, and envelopes.
   
Box/Folder 3:9 1923-1925
Box/Folder 3:10 1926-1927
Box/Folder 3:11 1928
Box/Folder 3:12 Nikon, Bishop, 1957
  Olga, Princess of Yugoslavia, 1928-1958
Box/Folder 3:13 1928-1931
Box/Folder 3:14 1948-1949
Box/Folder 3:15 1951-1952
Box/Folder 3:16 1953-1954
Box/Folder 3:17 1955-1956
Box/Folder 3:18 1957-1958
Box/Folder 3:19 Orlova, N., 1949
Box/Folder 3:20 Tat'iana Konstantinovna, Princess of Russia, 1945
Box/Folder Writings, 1926-1937
3:21-24 Scope and Contents note
Consists primarily of memoirs of Princess Maria Aleksandrovna Sviatopolk-Mirskii
(Mirskaia), recounting family history. Includes correspondence, notes, and clippings.
   

Box/Folder 3:25

Prince Vladimir (Mirsky) file, 1948

Scope and Contents note

Monthly student progress reports, Grangeneuve Institut agricole de l'Etat de Fribourg.

  

Boxes 4-5 Correspondence, 1920-1979

   
Box/Folder 4:1 General, 1920-1970
Box/Folder 4:2 Bonnot, Jean de, 1975-1979
Box/Folder 4:3 Borowski, Edouard, 1977
Box/Folder 4:4 Ferrand, Jacques, 1977-1978
Box/Folder 4:5 Foire de Paris, 1954

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Correspondence, 1920-1979

Box/Folder 4:6 Galitsyn (Galitzine), Nicholas, 1965-1975

Box/Folder 4:7 Gersdorff, Julia, 1965-1966
Box/Folder 4:8 Gorska, Marycia, 1964-1971
Box/Folder 4:9 Gorski, Christophe, 1955-1961
Box/Folder 4:10 Gorski, Constantin, 1953
Box/Folder 4:11 Hohler, H. A. F., 1966
Box/Folder 4:12 Ikonnikoff, Nikolai, 1960-1961
Box/Folder 4:13 Ilchenko, N., 1965-1971
Box/Folder 4:14 Jaccard, Clara, 1938-1972
Box/Folder 4:15 Jadvoin, N. L., 1971
Box/Folder 4:16 Konarski, Szymon., 1950-1960
Box/Folder 4:17 Lorraine, Percy, 1920
Box/Folder 4:18 Lyons, Marvin, 1970
Box/Folder 4:19 Maksimova (Maximova), Tat'iana (Tania), 1970
Box/Folder 4:20 Matthey, Ch. W., 1951-1953
Scope and Contents note
Includes references.
   
Box/Folder 4:21 Nalecz-Gorski, A., 1954-1964
Box/Folder 4:22 Obolenskii, Sergei, Prince, 1971
Box/Folder 4:23 Roehrberg, Zinaida N., 1968-1971
Box/Folder 4:24 Shields, Suzanne, 1966
Box/Folder 4:25 Silina, Ekaterina, 1945
Box/Folder 4:26 Struve, Aleksei, 1971
Box/Folder Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Aleksandr, 1966-1970
4:27-28
Box/Folder 4:29 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Elena, 1966
Box/Folder 5:1 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Ivan, 1966-1970
Box/Folder 5:2 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirskaia), Maria Aleksandrovna, Princess, 1922-1937
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Iverskaia Bogomater'" by V. Maevskii, 1932, inscribed by Maria Aleksandrovna
for her son Nikolai Vladimirovich.
   
Box/Folder 5:3-4 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirski), Mikhail (Michal), 1920-1967
Box/Folder 5:5 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirsky), Ol'ga, 1963
Box/Folder 5:6 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Pierre, 1964-1966
Box/Folder 5:7 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirsky), S., 1965-1969
Box/Folder 5:8 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirsky), V. S. (Dima), 1970-1978
Box/Folder 5:9 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Vasilii (Fürst W. Swiatopolk-Mirski), 1965-1970
Box/Folder 5:10 Taratukhin, M., 1968
Box/Folder 5:11 Timchenklo, Nikolai, 1972
Box/Folder 5:12 Zoucha, 1922
Boxes 5-6 Photographs, 1898-1977
Arrangement Statement
Arranged alphabetically by name or subject.
   
Box/Folder 5:13 Bazili, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, 1930-1960
Box/Folder 5:14 Maksimova (Maximova), Tat'iana (Tania), 1964-1968
Box/Folder 5:15 Nicholas II at Borodino Station on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle
of Borodino, 1912
Box/Folder 5:16 Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in Belgrade, 1904-1925
Box/Folder 5:17 Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirski), Georges and Jean, 1962-1972
Box/Folder 5:18 Swiatopolk-Mirskia (Hanykova), Kleopatra (Kapitolina), Princess, circa 1900
Box/Folder 5:19 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Mikhail Dmitrievich, Prince, 1926-1938
Box/Folder 5:20 Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Nikolai Ivanovich, Prince, 1898

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Photographs, 1898-1977
Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Nikolai Vladimirovich, Prince, 1924-1977, undated

  Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Nikolai Vladimirovich, Prince, 1924-1977, undated

Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs depicting Nikolai Sviatopolk-Mirskii, his family, and friends,
arranged chronologically.
   
Box/Folder 6:1 Undated
Box/Folder 6:2 1924-1926
Box/Folder 6:3 1936-1937
Box/Folder 6:4 1938-1939
Box/Folder 6:5 1941
Box/Folder 6:6 1944
Box/Folder 6:7 1945
Box/Folder 6:8 1947
Box/Folder 6:9 1949
Box/Folder 6:10 1954
Box/Folder 6:11 1957-1958
Box/Folder 6:12 1960-1963
Box/Folder 6:13 1964-1965
Box/Folder 6:14 1968
Box/Folder 6:15 1970
Box/Folder 6:16 1977

Box/Folder 6:17

Svyatopolk-Mirskii, Petr (Pyotr) Dmitrievich, Prince, circa 1900

Boxes 6-13 Writings, 1799-1976

   
Box/Folder 6:22 "L'ange de la mort" and other poems, 1974-1975
Scope and Contents note
Includes drafts, notes, and clippings.
   
Box/Folder "Carmina," collection of poems, manuscripts, 1918-1947
6:18-21
Box/Folder 7:1 "Les princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky, issus de Rurik", NdR La Noblesse de Russie,
deuxième edition, publés par Nicolas Ikonnikov, Paris, 1961

  "Les princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky (La généalogique des princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky),"

1799-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes research material, draft chapters, correspondence, and illustrations. The files are
retained as they were originally compiled and entitled by author.
   
  Research material, 1799-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes, drafts, correspondence, clippings, and collected photocopies of articles
and texts relating to Russian history.
   
Box/Folder 7:2-6 History of Slavs
Box/Folder 7:7-8 Rurik Dynasty
Box/Folder 7:9-16, Sviatopolk-Mirskii family history
8:1-3, 14:4-5
Box/Folder 8:4-12, "Brouillons" (rough drafts chapters), 1969-1971
9:1-7
Box/Folder 9:8 "Table des matières"
Box/Folder 9:9 A. "Note liminaire"

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Writings, 1799-1976
"Les princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky (La généalogique des princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky)," 1799-1976

Box/Folder B. "Preface" 1975

9:10-11
Box/Folder C 1. "Introduction"
9:12-13
Box/Folder 9:14 C 2. "Notice sur les Piast"
Box/Folder 9:15 D. "Sources principales"
Box/Folder 9:16 E. "Abbreviations"
Box/Folder 10:1 "Observation preamble"
Box/Folder 10:2-3 Ch. I "Examen critique des sources principales de l’histoire de la famille des
princes Sviatopolk"
Box/Folder 10:4-6 Ch. II "Les Skiöldung"
Box/Folder 10:7-8 Ch. III "Rurikides, "Piast"
Box/Folder 10:9 Ch. III.5 "Les alliances dynastiques des grands princes rurikides"
Box/Folder 10:10 Ch. III 6a "Oleg"
Box/Folder 10:11 Ch. III 6b "Igor"
Box/Folder 10:12 Ch. IV "La généalogique des princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky (Russia imperiale)"
Box/Folder Ch. V "Armes"
10:13-16
Box/Folder 11:1 Ch. VI "Tableaux généalogique"
Box/Folder 11:2-3 Ch. VII "La naissance de la famille des princes Sviatopolk"
Box/Folder 11:4 Ch. VIII "Brève généalogique de la branche orthodoxe des princes
Sviatopolk-Tchetvertinskiy"
Box/Folder Ch. IX "La famille des princes Sviatopolk"
11:5-12, 12:1-5
Box/Folder 12:6-8 Ch. IX "Biographies des enfants"
Box/Folder 12:9 Ch. IX "Religion"
Box/Folder 12:10 "Bibliography"
Box/Folder "Annexes"
12:11-12
Box/Folder 13:1-9 "Illustrations"
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs, postcards, charts, drawings, and clippings.
   
Box/Folder 13:10 "Index"

Box/Folder 13:11

"Voyage à Bruxelles," 1970

Boxes 13-14 Printed Matter, 1955-1984

Arrangement Statement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
   
Box/Folder 13:12 "Biographical Dictionary of the Corps of Faces: An Outline of the Project," by Marvin
Lyons, 1984
Box/Folder 13:13 Encounter: Literature Arts Current Affairs, No. 22, London, 1955
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Comrade Prince: A Memoir of D.S. Mirsky," by Edmund Wilson.
   
Box/Folder 13:14 Orthodox icons postcards, 1956-1976
Box/Folder 14:1-3 "Spoiuz Pazhei," pamiatka (memo), 1960-1963
Box 14 Strandmann Family Papers, 1812-1971
Scope and Contents note
Consists of family papers sent from Sofia Strandmann to N. V. Sviatopolk-Mirskii. Includes
Strandmann family genealogy, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and notes, arranged
chronologically.
   
Box/Folder 14:6 1812-1817

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Strandmann Family Papers, 1812-1971

Box/Folder 14:7 1827

Box/Folder 14:8 1833-1839
Box/Folder 14:9 1874-1899
Box/Folder 14:10 1904-1911
Box/Folder 14:11 1912-1918
Box/Folder 14:12 1929-1939
Box/Folder 14:13 1954-1971
Boxes 15-16 Oversize Material, 1802-1971
Arrangement Statement
Arranged alphabetically by physical form.
   
Box/Folder 15:1-5 Legal papers, 1886-1930
Scope and Contents note
Princess Maria Aleksandrovna Sviatopolk-Mirskii (Mirskaia)'s documents in the possession
of the Lavriki estate in the region of Kiev in Ukraine. Includes maps and drawings.
   
Box/Folder 15:6-7 Lithographs, Imperial Russian Army Cossack regiments, 1802-1900
Box 16 Memoirs, manuscript by "Sasha'," 1971

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