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<ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-NNC-RB" url="http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4077917"></eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Viktor Leonidovich and Boris Leonidovich Pokrovskii Papers <num>4077917</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Rare Book and Manuscript Library</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://aspace.library.columbia.edu/assets/columbia.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>Butler Library, 6th Floor</addressline><addressline>Columbia University, Mail Code 1127</addressline><addressline>535 W. 114th St.</addressline><addressline>New York, NY 10027</addressline><addressline>Business Number: (212) 854-5153</addressline><addressline>Fax Number: (212) 854-1365</addressline><addressline>rbml@libraries.cul.columbia.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rbml/index.html" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rbml/index.html" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address><p>This finding aid is made available for public use following the Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons designation.</p></publicationstmt><notestmt><note><p>Finding aid in repository</p></note></notestmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-01-20 20:21:00 -0500</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>aapm</descrules></profiledesc><revisiondesc><change><date>2009-06-26</date><item>File created.</item></change><change><date>2019-05-20</date><item>EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.</item></change></revisiondesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Viktor Leonidovich and Boris Leonidovich Pokrovskii Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92114333" source="naf">Pokrovskiĭ, Viktor Leonidovich, 1889-1922 or 1923</persname>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92117211" source="naf">Pokrovskiĭ, Boris Leonidovich</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92045590" source="naf">Semenov, G. (Grigoriĭ), 1890-1946</persname>
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      <language langcode="rus" scriptcode="Latn">Russian</language>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">950 items</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">3 boxes</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1914/1926" type="inclusive">1914-1926</unitdate>
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    <head>Location of Originals Note</head>
<p>Holder of originals: Bakhmeteff Archive. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.</p>  </originalsloc>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_2ee7df359387fc9e2509b2a4c11ea6b9">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <bioghist id="aspace_2e70d4b930f58b168e975ccefd19587b">
    <head>Biographical sketch</head>
<p>General Viktor L. Pokrovskiĭ was a White commander during the Civil War; his brother, Boris, was public prosecutor of the Tomsk circuit court.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Papers Accessioned 1960.</p>  </processinfo>
  <processinfo id="aspace_c9ec1e2f4a812470eddbc7845f6bae95">
    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Papers Processed 03/--/81.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The collection -- composed of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials -- sheds light on the anti-Bolshevik campaign in the Kuban ́region, Siberia and the Far East. The correspondence is chiefly from the early 1920s and includes letters from Viktor Pokrovskiĭ to his brother Boris. Among the manuscripts are biographical sketches of Viktor Pokrovskiĭ, especially accounts of his assassination in Bulgaria in 1922; information circulars sent out by Ataman Grigoriĭ Semenov, "Commander in Chief of the Far Eastern Armies;" and reports written by Boris Pokrovskiĭ on events in Europe, particularly Eastern Europe, and the Far East. The documents are comprised primarily of decrees (prigovory) from local Kuban ́Cossack groups and the photographs are chiefly portraits of Viktor Pokrovskiĭ. Included among the printed materials are clippings from the Russian and emigre press, a large number of Civil War broadsides and political pamphlets published in Siberia in 1919. Several of the latter are by and about Ataman Semenov.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>This collection is located on-site.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125808" source="lcsh">Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122201" source="lcsh">Siberia (Russia)</geogname>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026739" source="aat">Broadsides (notices)</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026867" source="aat">Clippings (Information Artifacts)</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026925" source="aat">Decrees</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300220572" source="aat">Pamphlets</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300127104" source="aat">Photographic prints</genreform>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92045590" source="naf">Semenov, G. (Grigoriĭ), 1890-1946</persname>
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