Aleksandr Pavlovich Balk Diary4077430Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This collection is located on-site.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Diary: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1955.

 Biographical / Historical

Aleksandr Pavlovich Balk (1866-1957), Russian statesman, Major General, St. Petersburg's governor from November 10, 1916 to February 27, 1917.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aleksandr Pavlovich Balk Diary; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Processing Information

Diary Accessioned 1955.

 Processing Information

Diary Processed 12/--/78.

 Processing Information

Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Balk.

 Scope and Contents

Typed copy of A. P. Balk's diary, with handwritten additions and corrections. The diary is entitled "Poslednie piat' dnei tsarskogo Petrograda (23-28 fevralia 1917 g.). Dnevnik poslednego Petrogradskogo Gradonachal'nika" (22 p.). This copy was apparently prepared by Balk while in Yugoslavia in 1923.

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