Vasilij Pavlovič Žuk Papers

Period  1876-1949
Total size   0.35 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Also known as Zhook ; true name: Vasilij Pavlovič Maslov-Stokoz; Russian revolutionary; adherent of Narodnaja Volja; his father was Ukrainian, his mother Polish; studied in Russia; for some time he had a job in Bulgaria; since the nineties he lived in emigration in Great Britain ('Dejateli Revoljucionnogo dviženija v Rossii', t. 3 (1933)); had contacts with anarchists; publicist and translator, using the pseudonyms V.P. Baturinskij and V.P. Baranov ; published on Russian literature (notably: 'A.I. Gercen, ego druz'ja i znakomye'), and on Ukrainian and Serbian literature and folklore; he also translated work of P. Kropotkin ; he was married to Dora (Doris) Wess .

Content

Some thirty letters and postcards from Peter Kropotkin 1903-1907; letters from others, including some from Mychajlo P. Drahomanov and his circle 1876-1877; manuscripts by Vasilij Žuk; manuscripts by others, notably `Modern Science and Anarchism' by Peter Kropotkin; printed material, including press clippings on Emma Goldman.

Processing information

List made by Hermien van Veen and Václav Lojka in 1995

LIST

1

Letters to V.P. Žuk from various persons and journals, and a few draft letters by V.P. Žuk.   1896-1909 and n.d.  1 folder.

2-3

Letters from P. Kropotkin to V.P. Žuk .   1903-1907.  2 folders.

4

Correspondence between V.P. Žuk and Dora Wess Žuk .   1896-1899.  1 cover.

5

Letters to Dora Žuk .   1893, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1904, 1909, 1935, 1948, 1949 and n.d.  1 cover.

6

Letters from M.P. Drahomanov , from [M.J.] Bučinskij , and from Ja. [Š......], to Valerian Nikolaevič [Smirnov] , to Nikolaj Grigor'evič [Kuljabko-Koreckij] and to unidentified persons.   1876-1877.  1 cover.

7

Letters from V.L. Burcev and from others to A. Teplov and to others.   1909, 1913, 1915, 1928 and n.d.  1 cover.

8

Manuscripts by V.P. Žuk . N.d.  1 folder.

9-13

Documents concerning the publishing of 'Modern Science and Anarchy' by P. Kropotkin . N.d.  5 folders.
NB. Possibly originating from the Freedom archives .

9-10

Manuscript of 'Modern Science and Anarchy'. N.d.  2 folders.

11

Parts of the in   1909-1911 in Freedom serialized edition of 'Modern Science and Anarchism'. With alterations for the book edition (   1912 ) in P. Kropotkin 's handwriting.  1 folder.

12-13

Proofs of the book edition of 'Modern Science and Anarchism'. With corrections by P. Kropotkin .  2 folders.

14

Manuscripts by others.   1898 and n.d.  1 cover.

15

Copies of letters and articles by others. N.d.  1 folder.

16

Printed articles by V.P. Žuk .   1904 and n.d.  1 folder.

17-18

Printed materials.   1877, 1890, 1892, 1903 and n.d.  2 folders.

19

Press clippings relating to Emma Goldman .   1909, 1924, 1925, 1933 and n.d.  1 folder.

20

Various clippings.   1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927 and n.d.  1 folder.