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Scope and Content Note
Series Description
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Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev

A Register Of His Papers, 1930-1964
At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2007

© 2007 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev Papers, 1930-1964

Creator:
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev

Extent:
3 manuscript boxes

Repository:
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
P.O. Box 36, Jordanville, New York, 13361
Phone/Fax: (315) 858-0945
Email: info@hts.edu
http://www.hts.edu

Abstract:
These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period, where Konstantin Nikolaev served as legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland, until he was forced into exile to Yugoslavia, where he continued to be active in the offices of Patriarch Varnava and Metropolitan Anastasii. Nikolaev was a defender of human rights, especially in regards to the Russian émigrés, which is reflected in this collection, particularly in the SUBJECT FILE in the papers of the Union of Russian Jurists. Therefore, these papers reflect his activities on behalf of Russian émigrés at large.

Language:
Russian, English, German

Biographical Note

1884, April 12

Born, Kiev, Russia

1905

Graduated, Iiuridicheskii fakul’tet Imperatorskogo
Kievskogo universiteta Sv. Vladimira

1911-1918

Attorney in Kiev, Russia

1920 May

Arrived in Warsaw, Poland

1926-1933

Legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland

1927

Author, Sud prisiazhnykh v Rossii (1864-1917)

1927

Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Sv. Avtokefal’noi Tserkvi v Pol’she

1931

Author, Vossoedinenie uniatov s Pravoslavnoi Tser-
kov’iu v 1839 g.i Konkordat Rima s Rossiei v 1847 g.

1933-1944

Lived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

1934

Author, Pravovoe polozhenie Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi i
naroda russkogo v rasseianii sushchego

1946

Organized the Union of Russian Jurists in Germany

1950

Author, Vostochnyi obriad

1950

Organized the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in
the USA, serves as chair

1965 June 26

Died, New York, NY

Scope And Content Note

These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period, where Konstantin Nikolaev served as legal advisor to the Orthodox Church in Poland, until he was forced into exile to Yugoslavia, where he continued to be active in the offices of Patriarch Varnava and Metropolitan Anastasii. Nikolaev was a defender of human rights, especially in regards to the Russian émigrés, which is reflected in this collection, particularly in the SUBJECT FILE in the papers of the Union of Russian Jurists. Therefore, these papers reflect his activities on behalf of Russian émigrés at large.

The CORRESPONDENCE is mainly of a personal nature, however, the SUBJECT FILE includes detailed correspondence related to Nikolaev’s role as chair of the Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA, which was founded by him as a continuation of the Union of Russian Jurists in Germany, which he also established.

Nikolaev’s legal and advocacy activities are also reflected in his SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, which are in part represented in these papers. Particularly significant in this regard are “Bor’ba russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii za zhizn’ russkikh DP v Germanii,” and “Istoriia dieiatel’nosti russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii v okkupatsionnykh zonakh Germanii po zashchitie zhizni i svobody b. sovietskikh grazhdan pred amerikanskimi vlastiami.” Also significant is his memoir, “Moi zhiznennyi put’,” which describes his early life, military career, service in the White Army during the Russian Civil War, and émigré activities.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Series Description

Box Nos

Series

1

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1930-1968 and undated. Includes biographical information, curriculum vitae, identification documents, and immigration records. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

1

CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-1964. Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

2

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1934-1963. Articles, clippings, drafts, pamphlets, and speeches, arranged chronologically by title

3

WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1946-1947 and undated. Arranged alphabetically by author

3

SUBJECT FILE, 1946-1962. Brochures, clippings, correspondence, leaflets, organizational documents, pamphlets, arranged alphabetically by subject

3

PHOTOGRAPH, undated. One print of Nikolaev with an unidentified group of people at a banquet

Container List

Box Nos

Folder Nos

Contents

1.

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1930-1968 and undated

1

Clippings, 1947-1961

2

Curriculum vitae, 1945-1968 and undated. Includes biographical sketches

3

Gramota of the Russian Orthodox Church, correspondence relating to, 1956-1957

4

Identification documents, 1930

5

Immigration records, 1948-1949

CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-1964 and undated. See also SUBJECT FILE/Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA file

6

General, 1956-1957 and undated

7

Unidentified, 1951-1958

8

Agreneva-Slavianskaia, Margarita, 1957

9

Aver’ino, Zakharii Pavlovich, 1954

10

Avondrood, Igor Konstantinovich, 1956

11

Bel’deminov, Sergei I., 1948. Includes “K ubiistvu verkhovnogo pravitelia admiral A. V. Kolchaka,” undated. Typescript

12

Bozhenko, Mariia, 1956-1957

13

Chirkov, N., 1957

14

Chugunov, T. K., 1957

15

Danilovskii, A., 1958

16

de Dieck, Polina Aleksandrovna, 1956

17

Dubrovskii, Vsevolod Konstantinovich, 1957

18

Glazenap, Petr Vladimirovich, 1949

19

Glebov, Ivan A., 1956

20

Holy Trinity Monastery, 1950-1960 and undated

21

Iakovlev, D., 1956 and undated

22

Kalinovich, Pavel, Reverend, 1954

23

Kalishevskii, A. N., 1956

24

Khodnev, Dimitrii, 1957

25

Kobylin, Viktor Sergeevich, 1956-1958

26

Kriabrova, Irina Nikolaevna, 1957

27

Latyshev, S. and E., 1956-1957

28

Lekhno, Valentin Iosifovich, 1956-1957

29

Levitskii, Dimitrii Aleksandrovich, 1957

30

Lutskaia, Ferida, 1957

31

Lyzlov, Evgenii, Reverend, 1952-1957

32

Maevskii, Vladislav Al’bionovich, 1956

33

Mal’tseva, Antonina Ivanovna, 1957

34

Merzheevskii, Vladimir Danilovich, 1957

35

Mikhailovskii, A., 1956

36

Mirov, Dimitrii Stepanovich, 1956

37

Mitkevich, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1957

38

Nashe vremia, 1953

39

Naumov, A., 1956

40

Pol’skii, Mikhail, Reverend, 1956

41

Popov, P. A., 1957

42

Pronin, Feodor Maksimovich, 1957

43

Pronin, Vasilii Mikhailovich, 1956-1957

44

Proshin, K., 1957

45

Prozar, N., 1956

46

Russian Corps Combattants (Soiuz chinov Russkogo Korpusa), undated

47

Sadovskaia, T., undated

48

Samoilenko, Feodor Petrovich, 1954. Includes holograph of short memoir

49

Savva (Raevskii), Archbishop, 1957-1964

50

Semchevskii, Konstantin Vasil’evich, 1956

51

Shapovalova, Nataliia, 1954

52

Slavinskaia, M., 1956-1957

53

Soglasie, 1953

54

Speranskaia, M., 1957 and undated

55

Stefan (Sevbo), Archbishop, 1960

56

Stuart, G., 1957

57

Sukalo, A., 1954. Includes typescript of short memoir

58

Svitich, Aleksandr, 1957

59

Terent’ev, Leonid Petrovich, 1956-1957

60

Timofeev, Mr., 1957

61

Timoshenko, Elena Petrovna, 1956

62

Vasil’ev, Sergei Aleksandrovich, 1954-1956

63

Vinogradov, A., 1957

64

Voskoboinikov, Aleksandr, 1956-1957 and undated

65

Zhar-Ptitsa, 1956

66

Zlatostviet, 1957

2.

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1934-1963

1

General - Reviews, 1934-1954

2

Untitled, undated. Typescripts

3

“K istorii bor’by za zhizn’ i svobodu russkikh liudei v Evrope, poslie kapituliatsii Germanii,” undated. Holograph

4

“Pravo i sud,” undated. Holograph. Includes related correspondence

5

Prorocheskii smysl russkoi literatury deviatnadtsatago vieka, 1947. Typescript

6

“Rech’ K. N. Nikolaeva na torzhestvennom sobranii v chest’ arkhiereiskago sobora Russkoi Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi zagranitsei 10 dekabria 1950 goda v gorodie N’iu-Iorkie,” 1950. Printed copy

7

“Bor’ba russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii za zhizn’ russkikh DP v Germanii,” 1951. Typescript

8

“Den’ russkoi skorbi,” 1951. Printed copy. Includes dedication on cover by author, signed October 4, 1951

9

“Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi. Smysl ego izobrazitel’nogo tvorchestva.” Includes associated correspondence, 1953-1954

10

“Russkii sud,” typescript. Includes related correspondence, 1953

11

Vatikan, Kiev, Moskva,” 1953. Typescript
Vostochnyi obriad i ego vozrozhdenie v Sievernoi i Iuzhnoi Amerikie v sviazi s razvitiem uniatstva v Kanadie”

12

Typescript, 1953

13

Reviews, 1954 and undated

14

Correspondence, 1954-1957

15

“Apostol’skaia administratsiia na Lemkovshchine,” 1954. Printed copy

16

“Bor’ba za tserkovnoe dostoianie Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi v Pol’she,” 1954. Typescript

17

“Iz dalekoi solnechnoi Kalifornii,” 1954. Printed copy

18

“Istoriia dieiatel’nosti russkikh tserkovnykh i obshchestvennykh organizatsii v okkupatsionnykh zonakh Germanii po zashchitie zhizni i svobody b. sovietskikh grazhdan pred amerikanskimi vlastiami,” undated. Typescript, incomplete. Includes related correspondence

19-22

“Moi zhiznennyi put’,” 1958. Typescript, includes handwritten corrections

23

“Antonii Khrapovitskii, Metropolitan,” notes and review, 1963. Holograph, printed copy, typescript

3.

WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1946-1947 and undated

Unidentified

1

“Postanovka iuridicheskogo obrazovaniia v Sovetskoi Rossii,” 1947. Holograph

2

“Ukrainskaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov’,” 1946. Typescript

Salatko, B. N.

3

“Zapiski sovietskago advokata,” undated. Typescript

SUBJECT FILE, 1946-1962. Brochures, clippings, correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes, and official documents

4

Catholicism, 1955-1961 and undated

Displaced persons

5

General, 1947-1948 and undated. Includes clippings

6

Amnesty, 1954 and undated

7

Dom Russkoi Kul’tury, undated

8

House of Free Russia, 1950-1955 and undated

9

Medvietskii, S., 1954

Union of Russian Jurists Former DPs in the USA

General

10

General, 1946 and undated

Correspondence

11

1948-1951 and undated

12

1952

13

1953-1954

14

Minutes of meetings, 1947-1956. Includes resolutions

15

American Civil Liberty Union, undated

Displaced Persons Commission

16

General, 1950

Case files

17

Langer, Alexandr, 1950-1952

18

Pushkarskii, Nikolai Iiulianovich, 1950-1951

19

Russian Orthodox Church, 1954-1962 and undated

20

United States Senate, 1954

PHOTOGRAPH, undated

21

One print of Konstantin N. Nikolaev at a banquet with a group of unidentified people, undated