Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

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

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