Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev Papers, 1785-1913

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Series I: Correspondence, 1843-1913

Personal and oficial incoming and outgoing correspondence of D. I. Skobelev and M. D. Skobelev with various people.


Adlerberg, Aleksandr Vladimirovich, 1871-1882



Box 1 Folder 1 Letters from various people, 1882

(in regard to M. D. Skobelev's death)


Box 1 Folder 6 Letters from M. D. Skobelev, 1871-1882


Belosel'skaia-Belozerskaia, Nadezhda Dmitrievna, 1876-1913, undated


Box 1 Folder 2 Letters from various people, 1909-1913, undated


Box 1 Folder 7 Letters from M. D. Skobelev, 1876-1881


Skobelev, Dmitrii Ivanovich, 1843-1878, undated


Box 1 Folder 3 Family correspondence: letters to his son M. D. Skobelev and his daughter N. D. Belosel'skaia-Belozerskaia, undated


Box 1 Folder 4 To Maslov, I. I., 1843, 1846, undated


Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence with various peoples, 1878, undated

(incoming and outgoing)


Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitrievich, 1871-1882

(Incoming and outgoing letters and telegrams)


Family correspondence, 1871-1882


Box 1 Folder 6 To Adlerberg, A. V. and E. N. (uncle and aunt), 1871-1882


Box 1 Folder 7 To Belosel'skaia-Belozerskaia, N. D. (sister), 1876-1881


Box 1 Folder 8 To Skobeleva, O. N. (mother), 1876


General correspondence, 1874-1882, undated


Box 1 Folder 9 Golovkina, E. A., 1881-1882


Box 1 Folder 10 Kaufman, K. P., 1877



Box 3 Folder 11 Kotsebu, P. E., 1881-1882


To Maslov, I. I., 1880-1882, undated



Box 1 Folder 11 Regular size



Flat Box 4 Folder 1 Oversize


Correspondence with various people, 1874-1882, undated



Box 1 Folder 12-16 1874-1882, undated



Flat Box 4 Folder 1 Oversize, undated

Series II: Documents, 1785-1882, undated

Documents of Dmitrii Ivanovich, Fedor Nikitich, Ivan Nikitich, and Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelevs. There are imperial edicts of award and promotion including ones signed by Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Frederick William IV and William I. There are also patents of nobility, military service records, documents related to various military campaigns including maps.


Skobelev, Dmitrii Ivanovich, 1838-1878


Imperial edicts of award and promotion signed by royals, 1840-1875


Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1857-1875



Box 1 Folder 17 Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of St. Stanislav (with related certificate), April 17, 1862


Box 1 Folder 18 Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of St. Anna First Class with swords above the Order, April 19, 1864


Box 1 Folder 19 Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of St. Anna First Class decorated with the Imperial Crown (with related certificates), April 16, 1872


Box 1 Folder 20 Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of St. Vladimir Second Class (with related certificates), August 30, 1875


Box 1 Folder 21 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia. Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of Red Eagle Second Class, October 27, 1857


Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1840-1854



Flat Box 4 Folder 2 Edict promoting Dmitrii Skobelev to the rank of Life Guard Cornet, September 30, 1840


Flat Box 4 Folder 3 Edict promoting Dmitrii Skobelev to the rank of Lieutenant (poruchik), 1844


Flat Box 4 Folder 4 Edict promoting Dmitrii Skobelev to the rank of Captain (rotmistr), 1850


Flat Box 4 Folder 5 Edict promoting Dmitrii Skobelev to the rank of Colonel, November 18, 1854



Box 1 Folder 22 William I, German Emperor. Edict awarding Dmitrii Skobelev the Order of Red Eagle First Class, May 7, 1873


Box 1 Folder 23-26 Military service records: conferring award, certificates, leave tickets, enlistment and discharge letters, records, Skobelev's reports, etc., 1838-1878


Skobelev, Fedor Nikitich, 1785



Flat Box 4 Folder 6 Patent of nobility, 1785


Skobelev, Ivan Nikitich Documents, 1785-1847


Imperial edicts of award and promotion signed by royals, 1799-1844


Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1808-1817



Box 2 Folder 1 Edict awarding Ivan Skobev the Order of St. Anna Third Class, February 17, 1808


Box 2 Folder 2 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of St. Vladimir Fourth Class, August 23, 1808


Box 2 Folder 3 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev an inscribed golden sword, August 8, 1809


Box 2 Folder 4 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of S.t Anna Second Class, July 13, 1810



Flat Box 4 Folder 7 Edict promoting Ivan Skobelev to the rank of Major General, November 19, 1817


Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1826-1844



Box 2 Folder 5 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of St. Anna First Class (with related document), March 19, 1826



Flat Box 4 Folder 8 Edict promoting Ivan Skobelev to the rank of Lieutenant General, March 21, 1831



Box 2 Folder 6 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of St. Vladimir Second Class (with related certificates), August 22, 1834


Box 2 Folder 7 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of the White Eagle (with related certificate), December 6, 1835


Box 2 Folder 8 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev tobacco box decorated with diamonds, August 21, 1836


Box 2 Folder 9 Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of Alexander Nevsky, April 19, 1842



Flat Box 4 Folder 9 Edict promoting Ivan Skobelev to the rank of General-ot-Infanterii, February 25, 1844



Box 2 Folder 10 Paul I, Emperor of Russia. Edict awarding Ivan Skobelev the Order of St. Anna Third Class, July 13, 1799


Various Documents, 1785-1847


Box 2 Folder 11 Military service records: conferring awards, certificates, orders, etc., 1814-1847



Flat Box 4 Folder 10 Patent of nobility, 1785


Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitrievich, 1865-1882, undated



Box 2 Folder 12 Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Edict awarding Mikhail Skobelev the Order of St. Stanislav First Class (with related certificate), August 4, 1877


Various Documents, 1865-1882, undated


Box 2 Folder 13-14 Military service records: conferring awards, certificates, leave tickets, orders, invitation, commendation list, reports, lists, related correspondence, 1865-1882


Box 2 Folder 15 List of papers found in Skobelev's apartment after his death, 1882



Flat Box 4 Folder 11 Military maps, 1873,1877, undated

(five printed and one hand-drawn maps of various military campaigns)

Series III: Manuscripts and Notes, 1881-1882, undated

Series consists mostly of M. D. Skobelev's notes and drafts on various military affairs, memos and reports. There are also manuscript by others.


Skobelev, M. D. Notes and drafts on various military and other affairs, 1881, undated



Box 2 Folder 16-18 Regular size, 1881, undated


Box 2 Folder 19 Bound notes, undated



Flat Box 4 Folder 12 Oversize, undated


Manuscripts by other people, 1882, undated



Box 2 Folder 20 Despotovich. Memo (with M. D. Skobelev's marks and notes), 1882


Box 2 Folder 21 Krylov, M. Memo on reforms in cavalry (with related letter), undated


Box 2 Folder 22 Lobko, P. Memo to the Military Minister (with related letter to M. D. Skobelev), 1882


Box 2 Folder 23 Vladimir Fedorovich, count. Comments of Count Vladimir Fedorovich on General Kiegskommissar's Project on Transportation of Military Cargo, undated


Unidentified


Box 2 Folder 24 On railroads, undated


Box 2 Folder 25 Poem, undated

Series IV: Subject Files, 1870s-1912, undated

Series includes material about M. D. Skobelev, materials related to activity of the Komitet imeni General-Ad'iutanta M. D. Skobeleva dlia vydachi posobii poteriavshim na voine sposobnost' k trudu voinam, and Osobaia Komissia dlia obsuzhdeniia voprosov ob ustroistve voennago upravleniia.


About M. D. Skobelev, 1870s-1912, undated



Box 3 Folder 1-2 Essay and poetry dedicated to him, 1877, 1882, undated


Newspapers and clippings, 1870s-1912


Publications about M. D. Skobelev and his monument, 1870s-1912


Box 3 Folder 3 Regular size



Flat Box 4 Folder 13 Oversize



Box 3 Folder 4 Scrap book


General publications related to M. D. Skobelev, 1870s-1880


Box 3 Folder 5 Regular size, 1877, undated



Flat Box 4 Folder 14 Oversize, 1870s-1880


Komitet imeni General-Ad'iutanta M. D. Skobeleva dlia vydachi posobii poteriavshim na voine sposobnost' k trudu voinam (Adjutant General M. D. Skobelev's Committee for Granting Allowances to Soldiers Who Lost Their Ability to Work in the War), 1907-1908, undated



Box 3 Folder 6 Calls and appeals for donations, report on activity, program of a charity concert


Osobaia Komissia dlia obsuzhdeniia voprosov ob ustroistve voennago upravleniia (Special Commission to Discuss the Structure of the Military Administration), 1881-1882

Documents and correspondence


Box 3 Folder 7 List of the Committee members


Box 3 Folder 8-9 Memos, opinions, reports of the Committee members


Box 3 Folder 10 M. D. Skobelev's memos, opinions, notes, reports


Box 3 Folder 11 Correspondence: letters to and from M. D. Skobelev

Series V: Drawing, Print, Briefcase, 1866, 1877


Box 3 Folder 12 Pensil drawing with inscription "Rushchuk", 1877


Box 3 Folder 12 Print "The Friends" with inscription "Trudy Zini of 1866"



Flat Box 4 Folder 15 Briefcase with debossed inscription "Chastnaia perepiska generala-ad"iutanta Skobeleva", undated