Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii Papers 4078037Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-13 20:36:57 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.aapm2009-06-26File created.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii Papers Semchevskiĭ, Konstantin Vasilʹevich, 1894-1978 4078037 BAR Ms Coll/Semchevskiĭ Russian /repositories/2/resources/5177 30 items 1 box 1912-1977 Location of Originals Note

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

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1975.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--K. V. Semchevskiĭ. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1975.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1976.

 Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1977.

 Processing Information

Papers Processed 06/--/81.

 Scope and Content

The collection includes cataloged photographs (Nicholas II, Grigoriĭ Semenov) and arranged correspondence to both Semchevskiĭ and his wife. The main item in the collection is Semchevskiĭ's eight-part memoir which describes his childhood in Tbilisi, his service as kamer-pazh (page of the bedchamber) to Nicholas II and his military career in World War I and the Civil War. It also describes Semchevskiĭ's life as an emigre in Berlin, where he ran a bookstore, in England, where he manufactured motorcycles, in Austria, where he worked at an oil refinery, and eventually in the United States. There are also documents (such as military records and passports) and a photograph of Semchevskiĭ and his wife taken in 1921.

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This collection is located on-site.

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

 Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- Germany -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- England -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- Austria -- 20th century Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century Nobility -- Soviet Union World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 Memoirs Passports Photographic prints Military records Semenov, Grigoriĭ Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 Catalogued photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794501Nicholas II, Tsar' of Russia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794561Semenov, Grigorii/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794571Arranged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/179451Letters to Elena Vasil!evna Semchevskaia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794581Letters to Konstantin Vasil'evich Semchevskii/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794591Arranged Manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/179452Semchevskii, K. V., "Vospominaniia" (memoir; 8 folders)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794601Arranged Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794532 folders1Arranged Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794541Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/179455Semchevskaia, Elena Vasil'evna, Rasskazy i ocherki (Madrid, 1969)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794611Miscellaneous printed materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1794621