Petr Aleksandrovich Pletnev Memoirs, 1946-1957

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Pletnev
Bib ID:
4077922 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Pletnev, Petr Aleksandrovich
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
9 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4077922.pdf
Access:
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Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn ́closed to 1 January 1986.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Summary

Pletnev's typescript memoirs include the following: His autobiography"Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn"́ (475 p.); "Den ́v Peterburge" (48 p.), with a description of St. Petersburg and in particular its cultural life before World War I; "U mori︠a︡" (5 p.), on the author's dacha near St. Petersburg; and "Den ́v Gaage" (30 p.), on his visits to a friend in the Hague in the years after the 1917 revolution. The manuscripts are in the third person; the central figure, Oborin, is Pletnev.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn ́closed to 1 January 1986.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1966.

Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1967.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Memoirs Accessioned 1966.

Memoirs Processed 11/--/80.

Memoirs Revised 09/--/82.

Memoirs Accessioned 1967.

Biographical sketch

Grandson and namesake of a former rector of St. Petersburg University and friend of Aleksandr Pushkin.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autobiographies (literary works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- Intellectual life CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID