Mark Popovskii Papers
1957 - 2000
21 linear feet in 43 boxes, including 6 oversized flat boxes.
Biography/History: Popovskii, Mark Aleksandrovich (1922 - ) Russian writer journalist and essayist was born in Odessa. A veteran of World War II, he started freelance literary work in 1946, and had numerous publications in the Soviet press ( including 14 books) primarily dealing with issues of science and scientific ethics. During the 1970s two of Popovskii's books, Beda i vina akademika Vavilova and Zhizn' and zhitie Voino-Iasenetskogo were rejected by the censor and circulated in samizdat. Popovskii also signed several letters in support of Russian dissidents. Systematically persecuted by KGB, he left the country in 1977, and settled in New York City USA. In emigration he contributed to numerous Russian-language periodicals, and served as a North American editor of émigré journal Strana i mir. He wrote and published numerous books, some of which were translated into English French and German. After the fall of the Soviet Union Popovskii's work started once again to appear in Russia.
Summary: Collection contains correspondence, works, diaries and research materials of Mark Popovskii, a prominent literary figure of Russian emigration. The collection also contains writings by contemporary russian authors, photographs, videotapes and scrapbooks of Popovskii's articles in Russian émigré newspapers. The date span of the collection is 1957 - 2000. In the early 1980s a fire at Popovskii's New York apartment destroyed a large part of Popovskii's archive, so the Popovskii Papers contain a very limited number of pre-1980s materials. This also explains the gap in Popovskii's diaries. The bulk of the materials are dated 1985 - 2000.
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects
Restrictions on Use: none
Provenance: Collection was assembled and donated to the Bakhmeteff Archives by Mark Popovskii. The first installment of the materials, containing corrected and annotated photocopied typescripts of his books Russkie muzhiki rasskazyvaiut and On, ona i Sovetskaia vlast' along with research materials on contemporary sex customs in the Soviet Union, was received by the Bakhmeteff Archive in 1987. The bulk of the materials arrived in Oct. 2000 - Jan. 2001.
Processing History: Additional accession numbers: 2000/01-10; 2000/01-22; 2000/01-36;
Microfilm Information: Skolbin, Iurii, Termidor (novella), sent to Popovskii from the USSR: 76 pages on microfilm
Physical Location: In sequence
RLIN ID: NYCR87-A1
Series:
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Cataloged Correspondence
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Questionnaires
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Arranged Correspondence
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Prominent Individual Correspondents
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Publishers
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Émigré Publications
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Other
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Family Correspondence
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Correspondence by subject
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Miscellaneous
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Writings
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Science and Ethics in USSR
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Voino-Iasenetskii
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Haffkine
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Tolstoy and Tolstovtsy
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Religion
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Sex in USSR
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Russians in America
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Writers in Exile
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Miscellaneous Writings
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Research Materials
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Tolstoy and Tolstovtsy
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Emigration
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Writers In Exile
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Notable Individuals
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Love and Sex in USSR
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General Subjects
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Readers' Response
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About Popovskii
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Diaries
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Writings by others
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Printed Materials
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Periodicals
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Miscellaneous
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Photographs
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Correspondence
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Work Files
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Video
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Books by Mark Popovskii
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Scrapbooks
Cataloged Correspondence
Series contains Popovskii's original correspondence with prominent Russian literary figures
Box: 1 Folder: 1
Aksenov, Vasilii
to: Popovskii, Mark
VT Jun. 20, 1984
1p. a.l.s.
Note: Letter, accompanied the essay on Akhmadulina, Bella (essay not found)
Box: 1 Folder: 2
Aleshkovskii, Iuz
to: Popovskii, Mark
n.p. [May 23, 1984]
1 a.c.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 3
Dovlatov, Sergei
to: Popovskii, Mark
Forest Hills, NY Jun. 7, 1988
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 3
Popovskii, Mark
to: Dovlatov, Sergei
New York, NY Jun. 11, 1988
1p. t.l.s. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 4
Elagin, Ivan
to: Popovskii, Mark
n.p. [1985] - 1986
1p. t.l.s.
1p. a.l.s.
Note: re: Writers in Exile research
Box: 1 Folder: 5
Popovskii, Mark
to: Genis, Aleksandr
[New York, NY] Dec. 11, 1994
1p. a.l.s. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 5
Genis, Aleksandr
to: Popovskii, Mark
Edgewater, NJ Dec. 1996 - Dec. 1998
4 a.c.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 6
Gorenshtein, Fridrikh
to: Popovskii, Mark
West Berlin Dec. 1985 - Aug. 1986
3 a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 7
Popovskii, Mark
to: Grekova, I (Venttsel', Elena Sergeevna)
New York, NY May 2, 1989
3p. t.l.s. (photocopy)
1p. a.n. by Popovskii - news clipping
Box: 1 Folder: 7
Grekova, I (Venttsel', Elena Sergeevna)
to: Popovskii, Mark
Moscow, USSR May 25, 1989
1p. a.l.s.
2p. news clipping
Box: 1 Folder: 8
Guberman, Igor'
to: Popovskii, Mark
Jerusalem, Israel Apr. 20, 1988
1 a.c.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 8
Guberman, Igor'
to: Kitaevich, Iulii
USSR Oct. 1985 - Aug. 1987
2 a.l.s. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 9
Ianovskii, V. S. (Vasilii S.)
to: Popovskii, Mark
Rego Park, NY Sep. 1984 - Apr. 1989
1p. a.l.s.
1p. a.n.s.
1p. t.d.s. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 9
Ianovskaia, Izabella
to: Popovskii, Mark
Rego Park, NY Apr. - Aug. 1989
1p. a.l.s.
1p. a.n.s.
1p. t.d.s.
Note: Wife of Ianovskii, V.S.
Box: 1 Folder: 10
Korotych, Vitalii
to: Popovskii, Mark
New York, NY; Boston, MA Aug.- Oct. 1991
1p. a.l.s.
1p. t.l.s
Box: 1 Folder: 11
Korzhavin, N. (Mandel, Naum)
to: Popovskii, Mark
Boston, MA Nov. 11, 1985
1 a.c.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 12
Men', Aleksandr
to: Popovskii, Mark
Novaia Derevnia (Moscow Region), USSR Mar. 1989 - Aug. 1990
4 a.c.s.
2 a.l.s.
2p. transcripts - letters of Jan 28, Feb 27, Jun. 3, 1990
Box: 1 Folder: 13
Razgon, Lev
to: Popovskii, Mark
Moscow, Russia Jun. 1992 - Aug. 1998
3 t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 13
Popovskii, Mark
to: Razgon, Lev
New York, NY Dec. 1991 - [1998]
1p. a.l.s.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 14
Roziner, Feliks
to: Popovskii, Mark
Tel-Aviv, Israel; Boston, MA May 1984 - Feb. 1987
5 a.l.s.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 15
Sapgir, Kira
to: Popovskii, Mark
Paris, France Sep. 1987
35p t.l.s.
1p. t.l.s.
6 typed poems
Box: 1 Folder: 15
Popovskii, Mark
to: Sapgir, Kira
New York, NY Sep. 14, 1987
1p. t.l.s. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 16
Voinovich, Vladimir
to: Popovskii, Mark
n.p. Oct. 15, 1985
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 17
Popovskii, Mark
to: Voino-Iasenetskii, Valentin Feliksovich (Luka)
Moscow, USSR Sep. 24, 1957
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 17
Voino-Iasenetskii, Valentin Feliksovich (Luka) Archbishop of Crimea and Simferopol
to: Popovskii, Mark
[Crimea, USSR] Oct. 11, 1957
1p. l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 17
Voino-Iasenetskii, Valentin Feliksovich (Luka) Archbishop of Crimea and Simferopol
to: [...], Piotr Petrovich
[Crimea, USSR] 1959
1p. t.l.
1p. t.d.
Questionnaires
Part of research project Writers in Exile, these questionnaires were sent to Russian émigré writers residing in North America. Responses vary from brief fill-in answers to multi-page free-form letters. Many responses have marks by Popovskii on the margins.
Box: 1 Folder: 18
Agafonov, Vasilii (Gantman, Iulian)
n.p. Dec. 19, 1992
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 19
Antonovich, Aleksandr
New York, NY Jan. 28, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 20
Aksenov, Vasilii
Washington, DC Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 21
Armalinskii, Mikhail
Minneapolis, MN Dec. 19, 1992
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 22
Arzunian, Edvig
n.p. n.d.
5p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 23
Belavina, Nonna
Long Island, NY Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 24
Berdan, Iurii
Elmhurst, NY Jan. 17, 1993
2p. a.d.
2p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 25
Bliznetsova, Ina
Irvington, NY [Feb. 1993]
2p. a.d.
1p. a.n.
1p. t.l.
Box: 1 Folder: 26
Bobyshev, Dimitrii
Champaigne, IL Jan. 17, 1993
6p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 27
Bogachinskaia, Inna
New York, NY [Nov. 12], 1993
1p. t.d.
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 28
Brodsky, Joseph
Rome, Italy Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Note: Draft of letter by Popovskii enclosed
Box: 1 Folder: 29
Burova, Nina F.
n.p. n.d.
2p. a.d.
1p. a.l.
Note: Letter written on the back side of the questionnaire (2nd page)
Box: 1 Folder: 30
Dimer, Evgeniia
West Orange, NJ Dec. 29, 1992
1p. t.d.
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 31
Dizhur, Bella
n.p. Jan. 13, 1993
1p. t.d.c.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 32
Draitser, Emil
n.p. Jan. 8, 1993
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 33
Druskin, Aleksandr
Brooklyn, NY Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 34
Druzhnikov, Iurii
n.p. Dec. 31, 1992
5p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 35
Efimov, Igor' Markovich
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 36
Ezerskaia, Bella
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 37
Fessenko, Tatiana
n.p. Feb. 13, 1993
1p. l.
Box: 1 Folder: 38
Genis, Aleksandr
n.p. n.d.
2p. a.d. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 39
Gershgorin, Bela
Far Rockaway, NY [Jan. 1993]
2p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 40
Gershgorin, Roman
n.p. Jan. 28, 1993
3p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 41
Gert, Iurii
Cleveland, OH Dec. 23, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 42
Girshin, Mark
Richfield Springs, NY Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 43
Hollerbach, Serge
n.p. Dec. 31, 1992
2p. a.d.
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 44
Ivanov, Sergei
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d. (photocopy)
1p. t.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 45
Kafanova, Liudmila
New York, NY Jan. 1993
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 46
Kapelian, Grigorii
Jersey City, NJ [Jan. 1993]
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 47
Kashkarov, Iurii
n.p. Jan. 12, 1993
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 48
Khalif, Lev
Far Rockaway, NY Dec. 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 49
Kliueva, Elena
Brooklyn, NY n.d.
2p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 50
Kogan, Mark
n.p. n.d.
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 51
Kotlikov, Rudol'f
Chicago, IL n.d.
2p. t.l.
Box: 1 Folder: 52
Kovalev, Konstanin
Brooklyn, NY Jan. 3, 1993
8p. t.l.s.
Note: CHANGE E NA E: (yo)
Box: 1 Folder: 53
Kozlovskii, Vladimir
n.p. n.d.
1p. t.d.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 54
Krasnoshchekova, Elena Aleksandrovna
GA Jan. 11, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 55
Kreid, Vadim
Iowa City, IA Dec. 31, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 56
Ktorova, Alla (Sandor, Victoria)
Rockville, MD Dec. 21, 1992
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 57
Kuz'minskii, Konstantin K.
n.p. Jan. 31, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 58
Lanina, Aleksandra
Canada n.d.
2p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 59
Lemkhin, Mikhail
n.p. Dec. 24, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 60
Lempert, Simon (Kontorovich, Simon)
West Hartford, CT Dec. 24, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 61
Liubin, Evgenii
East Hanover, NJ Dec. 1992
1p. t.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 62
Losev, Lev
Hanover, NH Dec. 21, 1992
1p. t.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 63
Matlin, Vladimir
n.p. Dec. 24, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 64
Miuge, Sergei
Jersey City, NJ Feb. 19, 1993
1p. a.l.s.
1p. clipping
Box: 1 Folder: 65
Murav'ev, P. (Petr Aleksandrovich)
n.p. Jan. 1993
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 66
Naumov, Aleksandr (Naimark, Il'ia)
n.p. n.d.
2p. t.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 67
Navrosov, lev
Riverdale, NY n.d.
5p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 68
Paramonov, Boris
n.p. n.d.
2p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 69
Perel'man, Viktor
Leonia, NJ Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 70
Petrov, V. P. (Viktor Porfirievich)
n.p. Jan. 31, 1993
2p. a.d.
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 71
Podgorbunskii, Mark
Bronx, NY Feb. 1, 1993
2p. a.d.s.
2p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 72
Polchaninov, R. V. (Rostislav)
New Hyde Park, NY Dec. 23, 1992
1p. a.d.s.
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 73
Popovskii, Mark
New York, NY n.d.
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 74
Rachko, Marina (Efimova)
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 75
Raigorodskii, R.
n.p. n.d.
1p. a.d
Box:
Rappoport, Vitaly; Miliutina, Katia
Letter by Miliutina
Cresskill, NJ [Dec. 26], 1992
1p. a.l.s.
1p. a.d. (photocopy)
Box: 1 Folder: 76
Reznik, Semen
n.p. Dec. 29, 1992
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 77
Riazanovsky, Alexander V.
n.p. Jan. 23, 1993
2p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 78
Rudiak, Il'ia
Northbrook, IL Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 79
Ryskin, Grigorii
n.p. Dec. 29, 1992
1p. a.d
1p. a.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 80
Sagalovskii, Naum
n.p. n.d.
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 81
Shraer-Petrov, David
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 82
Shrayer, Maxim
New Haven, CT Jan. 3, 1993
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 83
Shtern, Liudmila
n.p. Feb. 11, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 84
Shvarts, Anatolii
n.p. Dec. 28, 1992
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 85
Sil'ver, Raisa
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 86
Sinkevich, Valentina
Philadelpia, PA Dec. 23, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 87
Sirotin, Aleksandr
Brooklyn, NY Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 88
Skorov, Valerii (Skoropistsev)
n.p. Jan. 1993
1p. t.l.
Box: 1 Folder: 89
Soifer, Valerii
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 90
Soloviev, Vladimir
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 92
Suslov, Il'ia Petrovich
Derwood, MD Dec. 30, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 91
Svirskii, Grigorii
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 93
Temkina, Marina
New York, NY n.d.
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 94
Troll', Iulia
n.p. n.d.
3p. t.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 95
Turovskii, Anatolii
n.p. Dec. 22, 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 96
Vainer, Mikhail
Rockville, MD Dec. 27, 1992
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 97
Venclova, Tomas
n.p. Dec. 29, 1992
2p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 98
Vetrov, Boris (Levant, Benedikt)
n.p. Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.
1p. t.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 99
Volin, Mikhail (Ponomarev, Mikhail)
Denver, CO Dec. 23, 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 100
Volkov, Solomon
New York, NY Feb. 18, 1993
1p. t.l.s.
Box: 1 Folder: 101
Young, Cathy
n.p. n.d.
2p. a.d.
Box: 1 Folder: 102
Zubareva, Vera
Philadelpia, PA Dec. 1992
1p. a.d.s.
Arranged Correspondence
Series contain Popovskii's business and personal correspondence, predominantly from his New York period (1978 - 2000). Enclosed photographs were separated into Photographs series. Paper enclosures (news clippings, postcards, literary works) kept on file. 1980 - 1987 letters from friends and family in USSR are addressed to Efim Rabinovich - evidently a nickname for Popovskii to confuse the Soviet censure.
--Prominent Individual Correspondents
Individual files of prominent correspondents ( friends and colleages of Mark Popovskii) arranged alphabetically by the last name. Included into this subseries are individuals featured in Popovskii's writings, or individuals with large (over 10 items) body of correspondence. Also included is the photocopy correspondence with notable Russian writers. Files contain incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically.
Box: 2 Folder: 1
Armalinskii, Mikhail ( Peltsman, Mikhail) M.I.P. Company
Minneapolis, MN 1985 - 1998
Box: 2 Folder: 2
Bezdetskaia, Tat'iana
Ialta, Crimea 1997 - 1999
Box: 2 Folder: 3
Bokarius, Marina; Bokarius, Aleksei
St.-Petersburg, Russia 1994 - 2000
Box: 2 Folder: 4
Chalidze, Valerii
Four letters from Popovsky (copies) on publishing the manuscript by Ivan Filimonov (real name: Obolonskii, Aleksandr) in the publication SSSR-Vnutrennie Protivorechiia, edited by Chalidze
New York, NY 1987 - 1988
Box: 2 Folder: 5
Chichibabin, Boris
Letter from Popovsky (copy)
New York, NY Mar. 1990
Box: 2 Folder: 6
Ciobanu, Vasile
Translator of Zhisn' and Zhitieinto Romanian
Kishinev, Moldova; 1994 - 1999
Box: 2 Folder: 7
Danivov, Nicholas
American Journalist in USSR.
Moscow, Russia 1983 - 1987
Note: John Hall - nickname of Popovskii in correspondence with Danilov
Box: 2 Folder: 8
Dizhur, Bella
Brooklyn, NY 1987 - 1991
Box: 2 Folder: 9
Druzhnikov, Iurii University of California, Davis
Moscow, USSR; Vienna, Austria; Davis, CA 1985 - 1999
Box: 2 Folder: 10
Farber, Iakov
Chief doctor of the Hospital named after Archbishop Luka Voino-Iasenetskii, prominent citizen of Tambov
Tambov, Russia 1994 - 1998
Box: 2 Folder: 11
Hammer, Darrell P.; Hammer, Louise B. Indiana University, Department of Political Science
Louise Hammer continued the correspondence after the death of Darrell Hammer in 1998. 1984 -1988 correspondence deals with sociologist Aleksandr Obolonskii (referred to as nash drug- our friend) and publishing of his work (referred to as rukopis'- the manuscript).
Moscow, USSR; Helsinki, Finland; Bloomington, IN 1984 - 1999
Note: See also Chalidze, Valerii and Obolonskii, Aleksandr (in Arrandged Corresondence - O).
Box: 2 Folder: 12
Kazarnovskaia, Mina
Primarily incoming letters from a personal friend.
Moscow, USSR 1984 - 1991
Note: See also Pervova, Iulia (frequently mentioned in Mina's letters). Their early letters were often interleaved.
Box: 2 Folder: 13
Khazanov, Boris (Faibusovich, Gennadii)
1985-1990 correspondence deals primarily with Strana I Mirmagazine, edited by Khazanov and Liubarskii, with Popovskii as the American representative.
Munich, Germany 1985 - 2000
Note: See also Liubarskii, Kronid and Strana I Mir correspondence folders.
Box: 2 Folder: 14
Kraineva, Elena
Moscow, Russia 1994 - 2000
Note: School friend
Box: 2 Folder: 15
Levitin-Krasnov, A. E. (Anatolii Emmanuilovich),
Lucerne, Switzerland 1984 - 1989
Note: Popovskii's secretary in early 1970s
Box: 3 Folder: 1
Liubarskii, K. A. (Kronid Arkad'evich)
Correspondence re: Strana I Mir magazine, edited by Khazanov and Liubarskii, with Popovskii as the American representative.
Munich, Germany 1985 - 1990
Note: See also Khasanov, Boris and Strana I Mir correspondence folders.
Box: 3 Folder: 2
Maksimova, Olga
Montreal, Canada 1985 -1991
Box: 3 Folder: 3
Pervova, Iulia
Primarily incoming letters from a personal friend.
Kiev, Ukraine 1984 - 2000
Note: See also Kazarnovskaia, Mina (frequently mentioned in Pervova's letters). Their letters were frequently interleaved.
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