Konstantin Feodos'evich Shteppa Papers, 1945-1959

Creator:: Shteppa, Konstantin, 1896-1958
Extent:: 1200 items (6 boxes)
Language:: Russian .
Scope and content:: Nearly all the manuscripts in the collection deal with 20th century Russian and Soviet politics. These include "Chekizm i chekisty," "The Cult of Stalin," "Marks-Lenin-Stalin," "Russkiĭ blankizm" and "Tekushchai︠a︡ sovet︠s︡kai︠a︡ propaganda o revizionizme i dialektike." There is a book-length manuscript entitled "V plenu -- Velikai︠a︡ chistka 1936-1939" and a transcript of a Radio Liberty interview with Shteppa in 1953. There is a lengthy curriculum vitae of Shteppa accompanied by several lists of his major publications. The printed materials include clippings, a number of published articles and booklets by Shteppa as well as a few other journals.
Biographical / historical:: Shteppa (or Shtepa; he also wrote under a variety of pseudonyms) was a professor of Medieval History and Byzantine Studies at the University of Kiev in the 1930s, and was later appointed Rector there. He left the Soviet Union during World War II.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Papers Accessioned 1960.

Papers Processed 09/--/81.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

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Location of originals:

Holder of originals: Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

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