Valerian Nikolaevič Smirnov Papers

Period (1857-) 1870-1900 (-1938)
Total size   4.35 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Full name: Valerian Nikolaevič Smirnov; pseudonyms: Idel'son, Noël; born in Moscow 1849, died in Berne 1900; studied medicine; left Russia 1871; secretary to the Russian library in Zurich; closest assistant to Petr Lavrov in editing Vpered! 1873-1877; correspondent to Russian and other medical journals; active in the peace movement; raised money for Henri Dunant 1895.

Content

Letters received by Smirnov from various persons, including Gustave Brocher, Henri Dunant 1896-1900, Michail I. Jancyn, Nikolaj G. Kuljabko-Koreckij, Petr Lavrov and Rozalija Ch. Idel'son, wife of Smirnov in the 1870s; letters received by Smirnov from Russia and other countries from medical doctors and medical journals; drafts of letters sent by Smirnov to various persons, chiefly 1895-1900; letters received by Rozalija Idel'son from Smirnov, Petr Lavrov and others; letters received by others from others; some documents of the Russian library in Zurich 1870-1874; rules of the club for Russian women students in Zurich of which Rozalija Idel'son was the founder in 1872; minutes of the congress of Lavrists in Paris, December 1876; minutes of meetings of the International League of Revolutionary Socialists, London 1876; manuscripts by Smirnov; manuscripts by others, including Lavrov, Evgenij O. Zaslavskij; notebooks of Smirnov; personal documents of Smirnov and of Rozalija Idel'son; some leaflets c. 1881 and other printed material, primarily on Red Cross and peace movement.

Processing information

List made by Hermien van Veen

Alternate Form of Material

Partly published in; VPERED! 1873-1877. From the archives of Valerian Nikolaevich Smirnov. Edited, annotated and with an outline of the history of 'Vpered!' by Boris Sapir. Vol. 1. On the history of 'Vpered!' Vol. 2. Documents. Dordrecht, 1970.