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Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1967.
Vadim (Vladimir) Andreevich Kravtsov (1887-1954), Russian engineer and inventor, was born on June 17, 1887 in a noble family in Voronezh province of Russia. He graduated from the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, one of the most prestigious engineering schools in Imperial Russia. After graduation, Kravtsov worked as an engineer and later became a director of the board of the Vladikavkaz railroad.
Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); V. A. Kravtsov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
Papers Accessioned 1967.
Papers Processed 01/--/83.
Most of the materials concern the Russian emigration in France in the 1920s, in particular such organizations as the Federatsiia soiuzov russkikh inzhenerov za granitsei (Federation of Unions of Russian Engineers Abroad) and the Rossiiskii zarubezhnyi s"ezd (Russian Congress Abroad) of 1926. There is also a file of materials on railroads in Russia and the Soviet Union.
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In 1920, he immigrated to France and lived in Paris. Kravtsov worked as an engineer, was one of the inventors of the foam concrete and got numerous patens for developing standardized housing projects in France.
In 1926, he led a delegation of the Board of private railroads at the Russian Congress in Paris. In 1932-1934, Kravtsov was elected Head of the National union of Russian engineers. He was also a standing member of the Russian Chamber of Business and Industry. He died in Paris on May 4, 1954 and was buried at the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.
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