Bulgaria Resources at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the resettlement of White Russian veterans and displaced persons after the Russian Civil War, and to Russian émigré affairs and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.

Relates to the evacuation of White Russian forces from Crimea to Bulgaria during the Russian Civil War.

Correspondence, reports, orders, printed matter, and photographs, relating to White Russian military and diplomatic activities during the Russian Civil War, Bolshevik atrocities, and White Russian refugees

These papers consist of select records of the Ob"edinenie chinov Kornilovskogo udarnogo polka, the Union of Kornilov Shock Regiment Veterans, one of the units of the White Army during the Russian Civil War. The records relate to the fate of the regiment's members in the emigration, dating from 1921 to 1980, and relating to their presence in Bulgaria, Serbia, France, Belgium and other European countries. Included among the documents are correspondence, financial records, membership lists, orders, photographs, and reports.

Correspondence, communiques, financial records, reports, and printed matter, relating to Greco-Russian relations, the Balkan War of 1912-1913, the Russian Revolution, Russian refugees, and the Russian Orthodox Church. Includes consular records from Turkey and the Balkans.

Correspondence, reports, receipts, and accounts, relating to the payment of Russian soldiers in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, financial subsidies to refugees, administration of refugee camp facilities, and the composition and distribution of units of the First Army Corps and the Don Corps

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, orders, and affidavits, relating to the administration of military justice in the Armed Forces of Southern Russia, Russian emigres in Bulgaria, the political situation in Bulgaria, and the composition and distribution of the First Army Corps and the Don Corps.

Correspondence, writings, memoirs, biographical material, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, photographs, clippings, and printed matter relating to Russian émigré activities following the Russian Revolution and Civil War, including political, military, veterans', religious, educational, cultural, literary, artistic, and social activities. Includes a few papers of M. D. Vrangel'. Also available on microfilm (49 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.

Reports, orders, correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, financial records, minutes, printed matter, maps, and photographs relating to Russian military operations in France during World War I; White Russian diplomatic activities and military operations, especially in southern Russia, during the Russian Revolution and Civil War, including military purchasing and intelligence operations; administration of territory under White Russian control during the Civil War; the evacuation of White Russian military personnel and civilians from the Crimea in 1920; and the resettlement of Russian refugees in Turkey and various European countries. Includes records of the Russian Expeditionary Corps in France, the Volunteer Army, the Armed Forces of Southern Russia, the Northwestern Army, the Foreign Supply Directorate, military representatives in foreign countries and attached to the Allied Supreme Command, and the Russian Army in exile, and some personal papers of Baron Petr Vrangel', commander-in-chief successively of the Armed Forces of Southern Russia and Russian Army. The majority of the collection is also available on microfilm (220 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.