Boris Markovich Sarach Correspondence, 1940 1954
Collection context
- Creator:
- Sarach, Boris Markovich, 1879-, Osorgin, Mikhail Andreevich, 1878-1942, and Velḿin, A.P
- Extent:
- 15 items (15 items)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of two sets of correspondence: letters from the writer Mikhail Osorgin to Sarach, and copies of letters written by Sarach to Nikolaĭ P. Vakar during the German occupation of Paris. Sarach remained in Paris during this period, and his letters to Vakar recount -- in a rather cryptic fashion -- the activities of "Poslednie Novosti" associates and such events as apartment searches and censorship. There is an explanatory letter by V.P. Velḿin on the letters by Sarach.
- Biographical / historical:
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A lawyer in Moscow before the 1917 Revolution and was a book-keeper for the Paris newspaper "Poslednie Novosti" during the interwar period.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Location of this collection:
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