Mikhail Pavlovich Polivanov Memoirs, 1952-1953

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Gen Ms Coll/Polivanov
Bib ID:
4077908 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Polivanov, Mikhail Pavlovich
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
4 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Polivanov's memoirs concern higher education in the Soviet Union. An untitled essay concerns Yaroslavl ́University, founded in 1919 and replaced by the Yaroslavl ́Pedagogical Institute in 1924. The main theme of the essay is the growth of government pressure on the University and on academic freedom in general. There is also a discussion of the All-Union Congress of Workers in Higher Education and Academic Institutions (Sʺezd Rabotnikov Vyssheĭ Shkoly i Nauchnykh Uchrezhdeniĭ), Moscow, 1923. The second essay is entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ o Krymskom Pedagogicheskom Institute." In 1927 Polivanov became academic secretary of that Institute, in Simferopol;́ in 1933-39 he was director of its library, and he taught Latin in 1939-41. The main themes he deals with are government pressure, conflicts between old and new staff and academic values, experiments in programs, and the purges. He continues the story up to the German occupation. Both essays are in manuscript and typescript form. Publications based on the Mikhail Pavlovich POLIVANOV Memoirs: Polivanov M.P. "Nauka v plenu u bolshevikov..." lAroslavskaia starina, vyp. 3, 1996: pp. 57-62.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.

Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Memoirs Accessioned 1952.

Memoirs Processed 11/--/80.

Memoirs Accessioned 1953.

Biographical sketch

Professor at Yaroslavl ́University.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Education -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID