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

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