This collection is located on-site.
The manuscripts, all of which are by Sobolev, include historical essays, such as "Legenda drevni︠a︡go Novgoroda" and Sobolev's memoirs"Zapiski zhurnalista." Sobolev's memoirs cover his childhood in Novgorod, the 1905 and 1917 Revolutions, World War I (during which Sobolev was active in the Imperial Army) and the Civil War, in which Sobolev participated in White Army campaigns in Onega, Murmansk and Arkhangelśk. Sobolev also discusses a number of newspapers with which he was associated, particularly "Novoe vremi︠a︡" "Russkoe slovo" and "Birzhevye vedomosti." The printed materials consist of a few newspaper clippings.
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This collection is located on-site.
Oral history interview with Petr Grigor'evich Sobolev, 1965
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Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1958.
Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1963.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Manuscripts Accessioned 1958.
Manuscripts Accessioned 1963.
Manuscripts Processed 10/--/81.
Imperial and White Army officer and journalist.
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