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Parkhomovsky, Mikhail

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Mikhail Parkhomovsky (1928 Odesa - 2015 Beit Shemesh) was a historian who studied Russian Jewish emigration. He was also the founder and editor-in-chief of the almanac “Russkoe evreistvo v zarubezh’e” (Russian Jewry Abroad). He grew up in Odesa and graduated from the Saratov Medical Institute. In 1954 he moved to Moscow and worked as a doctor. Parkhomovsky had a lifelong interest in history and the history of culture, and in the 1980s he started working on a biography of Zinovii Peshkov (Yeshua Zalman Sverdlov) - a Russian-born French general and diplomat of Jewish origin. In 1990 Mikhail Parkhomovsky immigrated to Israel and began to work on an almanac documenting Russian-Jewish emigration. In 1997, he initiated the foundation of the "Russian Jewry Abroad" research center (since 2012, "Jews of Russia Abroad and in Israel.") Mikhail Parkhomovsky’s private collection includes his personal documents and correspondence, numerous photographs for articles in the almanac, texts of his lectures, various historical sources and articles on Russian Jewry abroad, Parkhomovsky’s historical works and articles in newspapers, and his plan to establish the "Russian Jewry Abroad.” research center

Reference Code
P350
Dates
1943-2010
Consists of
20 files..
Languages
Russian; French; English; ita;
Description
Mikhail Parkhomovsky’s private collection contains his personal documents, correspondence, and numerous materials related to his historical works. His personal documents include for example his PhD diploma of graduation from the Saratov State Medical Institute, his curriculum vitae and a full list of publications in the USSR from 1961 to 1988. People with whom Parkhomovsky corresponded include Russian-British philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin, historian Marc Raeff, literary critic and publicist Dora Shturman, literary and cultural historian Shimon Markish, Russian dissident and Jewish activist in the USSR Eitan Finkelshtein, and Soviet Russian historian Natan Eidelman. The collection includes numerous photos and illustrations for articles in the almanac "Russkoe evreistvo v zarubezh'e" (Russian Jews Abroad), reviews and responses to the almanac, and Parkhomovsky’s texts (on Zinovii Peshkov; on painter Savely Sorin; and about charity among Russian Jews). The collection also contains various historical sources including letters by Zinovii Peshkov from China (1943-1944) and other materials related to Peshkov’s life, materials on French biologist Louis Rapkine, Lidia Gimelfarb's memoirs (1992), and papers belonging to the Russian poet Sofiya Pregel. In addition, the collection contains articles on Russian Jews abroad and on many authors included in Mikhail Parkhomovsky's almanac, his historical works, his articles in newspapers, and documentation on the creation of the "Russian Jewry Abroad” research center in Israel.
Title Parkhomovsky, Mikhail.
Additional Titles Russkoe evreistvo v zarubezh'e
Contributors Zinovi,Pechkoff 1884-1966
Isaiah,Berlin 1909-1997
Dora,Shturman 1923-2012
MarcRaeff
SimonMarkish
ĖĭtanFinkelʹshteĭn
N.Ėĭdelʹman, I︠A︡ (Natan I︠A︡kovlevich)
Savely Abramovitch,Sorin 1878-1953
Louis,Rapkine 1904-1948
LidiaGimelfarb
Sofija,Pregelʹ 1897-1972
Mikhail,Parkhomovskiĭ 1928-
Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ t︠s︡entr "Russkoe evreĭstvo v zarubezhʹe"
Host Item Parkhomovsky, Mikhail - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Mikhail Parkhomovsky was born in Odesa in 1928 into a family of Russian-Jewish intelligentsia. After the start of the war with Nazi Germany, he and his family evacuated from Odesa. Mikhail Parkhomovsky graduated from Saratov Medical Institute, and in 1954 he moved to Moscow. He worked as a doctor, but had a lifelong interest in history and the history of culture. In 1989, he published in Moscow, a monograph on the life of a Russian-born French general and diplomat Zinovii Peshkov (Yeshua Zalman Sverdlov) - adopted son of Maxim Gorky and brother of Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov. In 1990 Mikhail Parkhomovsky immigrated to Israel and in 1992 began to work on an almanac about Russian-Jewish emigration. In 1997, he initiated the foundation of the "Russian Jewry Abroad" Research Center (since 2012, "Jews of Russia Abroad and in Israel."). Mikhail Parkhomovsky passed away in Beit Shemesh in 2015.
Ownership history The collection was transferred to the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem by Mikhail Parkhomovsky in 2010.
Language Note Russian
French
English
Italian
National Library system number 990041823550205171
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