Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Pobedonost͡sev, Konstantin Petrovich, 1827-1907 and Byrnes, Robert Francis (1917-1997-06-19)
- Abstract:
- The Byrnes mss., 1856-1904, consists of papers collected by Robert Francis Byrnes, 1917-1997, historian, for his book Pobedonost͡sev, Bloomington, London, Indiana University Press, 1968, consisting of correspondence of Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonost͡sev, 1827-1907, statesman.
- Extent:
- 8 Boxes (8 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in Russian ; French .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Byrnes mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Robert Francis Byrnes, 1917-1997, was a professor of history and founder/director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University. Byrnes specialized in Russian history and Kremlinology.
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev was born May 21, 1827, in Moscow, son of Peter V. Pobedonostsev, 1771-1843, professor. He was educated by father until he attended School of Jurisprudence in 1841 to study Russian law, and taught the sons of Alexander II Russian civil law at Moscow University from 1860-1865. He served as senator in 1868, a member of the council of the empire in 1872, and chief procurator of the Holy Synod in 1880. His conservatism was proved in his Reflections of a Russian Statesman (London 1898), and he published numerous writings in Russian. Pobedonostsev fought to preserve autocratic power and unquestioning devotion to the rituals of the national church, and used his influence with Alexander III, 1845-1894, to strengthen the Russification policy. He attempted the same with Alexander's son Nicholas II, but met with much opposition; he retired from public life and soon thereafter died on March 23, 1907.
- Scope and Content:
The collection contains xerox copies in eight volumes, positive microfilm, and typescripts of letters in Russian and French to Pobedonost͡sev from NikolaĬ Baranov, Anna Grigor'evna (Snitkina) Dostoevskai͡a (Fedor MikhaĬlovich DostoevskīĬ), Sergi͡eĬ Aleksandrovich RachinskīĬ, Sofia Rachinskai͡a, and Catherine Ivanovna Ti͡utcheva; from Pobedonost͡sev to Anna Fedorovna (Ti͡utcheva) Aksakova, Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov, Ol'ga Alekseevna Novikova, Sergi͡eĬ Aleksandrovich PetrovskīĬ, and Catherine Ivanovna Ti͡utchev. There are also letters from Anna Fedorovna (Ti͡utcheva) Aksakova to an unknown correspondent. These materials deal with the history of Russia in the last half of the nineteenth century. Among the correspondence are two printed articles in English--one about Ol'ga Alekseevna Novikova entitled Men and women of the day. 1900, and another entitled "I am once more on top" by Ernest Terah Hooley, agent of the czar, concerning the Russian gold fields in Siberia. The original manuscripts are in the Manuscripts Division of the Lenin Library in Moscow. The negatives of the microfilm are in the East European Division of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Accompanying this collection is a copy of R.F. Byrnes' book Pobedonost͡sev, (Lilly DK236 .P6 B9).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1968
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Civil law -- Russia
Russification
Slavs - Names:
- Baranov, NikolaĬ, 1843-1895
Dostoevskad͡a, Anna Grigor'evna Snitkina, 1846-1918
Hooley, Ernest Terah, 1859-1947
Katkov, M. N. (Mikhail Nikiforovich), 1818-1887
Novikova, Ol'ga Alekseevna, 1840-1925
PetrovskīĬ, Sergi͡eĬ, 1846-
RachinskīĬ, S. A. (Sergi͡eĬ Aleksandrovich), 1836-1902
Rachinskai͡a, Sofia
Ti͡utcheva, A. F. (Anna Fedorovna), 1829-1889
Ti͡utcheva, Catherine Ivanovna - Places:
- Russia -- History -- 1801-1917
Russia
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Byrnes mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu