Russkii Obshche-voinskii soiuz (ROVS) Records

A Register of Its Papers, 1919-1986
At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2008

© 2008 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
ROVS Records, 1919-1986

Creator:
Russkii Obshche-voinskii soiuz

Extent:
10 manuscript boxes, 8 index card boxes (7.5 linear feet)

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 records consist of select documents of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, (ROVS), the Russian All-Military Union. Formed by General Petr N. Vrangel’ in 1924, ROVS managed to preserve the military structure of the demilitarized White Army in exile, while integrating its members into civilian life. ROVS played an important role in redefining the White Army’s ideology, and provided essential support to its members in emigration.
These records include detailed lists of ROVS members, correspondence, circulars, orders, and reports.

Arrangement Statement:
The collection is organized into one series: Office file

Physical Location:
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York

Language:
Russian, English, and French

Information for Researchers

Access
The collection is open for research

Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], ROVS Records, [Box no.], Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in 1986

Accruals
Additional materials were added to the collection in 1987, and 1990

Alternate Forms Available
Full collection is available on Microfilm

Related Collections
V. K. Abdank-Kossovskii Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Sviatoslav Varlaamovich Denisov Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
ROVS Records, Bakhmeteff Archives, Columbia University

Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the online catalog.

Obshchestvo revnitelei russkoi voennoi stariny.
Russia (Territory under White Armies). Dobrovol’cheskaia armiia.
Russkaia Armiia.
Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz.
Vrangel’, Petr Nikolaevich.
World War, 1914-1918.

Scope and Content Note

These records consist of select documents of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, ROVS, the Russian All-military union. Formed by General Petr N. Vrangel’ in 1924, ROVS managed to preserve the military structure of the demilitarized White Army in exile, while integrating its members into civilian life. ROVS played an important role in redefining the White Army’s ideology, and provided essential support to its members in emigration.

These records include detailed lists of ROVS members, correspondence, circulars, orders, and reports.

Included are documents that predate the formation of the Russkii obshche-voinskii soiuz, such as circulars and orders of the White Army under General A. I. Denikin, and orders of the Russian Army under General P. N. Vrangel’s command.

Of particular importance is a collection of eight boxes of index cards, dating to 1924-1925, which provides personal information of members of the Gallipoli veteran’s association, included the numbers of distributed commemorative Gallipoli crosses.

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

1-18
(7.5 linear feet)

Office file, 1919-1986 and undated.
Bulletins, certificate, circulars, clippings, correspondence, financial accounts, guidelines, inventories, lists, menus, minutes, notes, orders, pamphlets, questionnaire, receipts, speeches, and statutes. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

Container List

Box Nos

Folder Nos

Contents

1.

Office file, 1919-1986 and undated

1

General, 1948 and undated

2

Circulars, 1925-1965 and undated

3

Clippings, 1929-1931 and undated

Correspondence, 1921-1969 and undated

4

General, 1931-1969

5

Arkhangel’skii, Aleksei Petrovich, 1939-1954

6

Kovalevskii, Vladimir Grigor’evich, 1954-1955

7

Krasnov, Petr Nikolaevich, 1921-1927 and undated

8

Lampe, Aleksei Aleksandrovich von, 1951-1955

9

Miller, Evgenii Karlovich, 1923-1928

10

Protasovich, Viktor Aleksandrovich, 1955-1958

11

Shatilov, Pavel Nikolaevich, 1933

12

Shchavinskii, Vadim Vsevolodovich, 1954 and undated

13

Vrangel’, Petr Nikolaevich, 1921-1936 and undated

14

Financial accounts, 1924, 1932

15

Guidelines, 1932

Lists, 1920-1986 and undated

16

General, 1932-1934 and undated

17-18

1-yi armeiskii korpus, 1925 and undated

19

Byvshie slushateli vysshikh voennykh kursov, 1957

20

Delo o chislennom sostave obshchevoinskogo soiuza, 1924-1926 and undated

21

Deceased members, undated

2.

Gallipoli veterans union, 1924-1925. Index cards with personal information of members

A-C

3.

C-G

4.

G-K

5.

K-L

6.

M-P

7.

P-S

8.

S-T

9.

T-Z

10.

1-2

Kornilovskii polk, undated

3

Ofitserskie i klassnye chiny Russkoi armii, 1920-1925

4

Pervopokhodniki, 1986

5

Soiuz tverskikh iunkerov, 1958

Orders, 1924-1966 and undated

General

6

1924

7

1925

8

1926

9

1927

10

1928

11

1929

11.

1

1930

2

1931

3

1932

4

1933

5

1934

6

1935

7

1936

8

1937

9

1938

10

1939

11

1940

12

1941

13

1942

14

1943

15

1948-1955

16

1956-1960

17

1961-1966

18

Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke, undated

Inventory

19

1921-1923

20

Dragomirov, A. M., 1956

21

Menus and programs, 1933-1954

12.

1

Minutes, 1942

2

Pamphlets, 1932 and undated

3

Printed matter, 1947

4

Questionnaire, undated

5

Statutes, 1924-1929

Subject file, 1919-1972 and undated

6

Bogaevskii, Afrikan Petrovich, 1923. Typescript, memoir

7

Denikin, Anton Ivanovich, 1924-1972 and undated. Includes biography, clippings, and correspondence

8

Gosudarstvennoe soveshchanie, undated typed copy of minutes of 1917

9

Gvardeiskoe ob”edinenie, 1952. Reference publication

10

Ivanov, Sergei Mikhailovich, 1960. Certificate

11

Miller, Evgenii Karlovich, 1931-1934. Typescript of speeches

12

Obshchestvo revnitelei russkoi voennoi stariny, 1946-1968 and undated. Includes clippings, correspondence, notes, and receipts

13

Laws, compendium, 1919. Printed copy

Russia (Territory under White Armies). Dobrovol’cheskaia armiia. Orders,

1919-1920

14

Numbers 561, 579, 845

15

Numbers 1-59, 216, 282

16

Numbers 1-250

13.

1

Numbers 2-105

2

Numbers 96-184

3

Numbers 501-1000

4

Numbers 1001-1251

14.

1

Numbers 1252-1500

2

Numbers 1822-2199

3

Numbers 2200-3356 (incomplete)

4

1919-1922

15.

1

Russkaia armiia. Orders

General

1920

2-6

1921

16.

1-4

1922

5

1923

17.

Voennye chiny

1

1920

2-3

1921

4-6

1922

18.

1

1923

2

1924

3

Russkii korpus, 1951. Speech, printed copy

4

Skoblin, Nikolai V., 1931-1938 and undated. Includes bulletins, correspondence, orders

5

Soiuz chinov Russkogo korpusa, 1962. Excerpt from minutes, and circular

6

Vitkovskii, Vladimir Konstantinovich, 1923. Reports

7

Vnutrenniaia liniia, 1935-1938 and undated. Includes circulars, clippings, orders, and pamphlet

8

Vrangel’, Petr Nikolaevich, undated. Biography, printed copy

9

Zarubezhnyi soiuz russkikh voennykh invalidov, 1957-1966 and undated. Includes circulars, correspondence, minutes, and statutes