Anna Matveevna Sukhanina Memoirs, 1930-1950
Collection context
- Creator:
- Sukhanina, Anna Matveevna, 1870- and Sarret, Roger
- Extent:
- 50 items 2 boxes
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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The memoirs, in 6 folders, primarily describe her life in Bessarabia up to 1919, and were written under her pseudonym, Ivan Ivanov. Printed materials consist of French and Russian newspapers and magazines with information on the Soviet Union in the 1950's. Also included are copies of letters from Roger Sarret, who had been a French consular official in Bessarabia at the time of the revolution.
- Biographical / historical:
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Sukhanina (Ivan Ivanov) edited the newpaper "Svobodnai︠a︡ Bessarabi︠a︡" from 1917 to 1919 in Kishinev and lived in France after 1919.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Location of this collection:
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