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Nikolai Pavlovich Poletika Collection

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Nikolai Poletika (1896 Konotop - 1988 Jerusalem) was a Soviet historian who specialized in the study of the First World War. In 1914-1919 Poletika studied at the historical-philological faculty of Kiev University, and from 1936 to 1951 was Professor at the Leningrad State University. Following an anticosmopolitan campaign and the Leningrad affair, he moved to Tashkent and later settled in Minsk. From 1953 to 1971 he was Professor at the Belarusian State University. In 1973 he emigrated to Israel and published a memoir in Russian “Vidennoe i perezhitoe” (1982). The private collection of Nikolai Poletika includes his memoir and various documents related to it, his correspondence and records relating to his works as a historian --

Reference Code
P336
Dates
1921-1984
Consists of
15 files..
Languages
Russian; German; French; Hebrew; English; ukr;
Description
The materials in this collection contain Nikolai Poletika’s memoirs and papers related to it, his correspondence and records relating to his works as a historian. These include his articles, copies of various secondary sources, a plan-prospect of his book, bibliographical notes on the history of the Near East and colonial policy, and lists of bibliographical sources. Nikolai Poletika's private correspondence contain a letter from his stepdaughter about her private and professional life in Washington, and Poletika's letter to the Jerusalem branch of the Association of Repatriates from Russia containing a request for assistance. Documents related to Poletika’s memoirs include: plans of the memoirs; report to the Director of the Centre of East European Jewry on the work at the memoirs for 1974 - 1976; a review of the manuscript by Feliks Roziner (1981); a letter by Poletika to editor; a letter to Prof. Shmuel Ettinger (1973) asking for a review; a letter of Prof. Yehuda Slutskii to Poletika (1976) expressing his opinion on chapter IV of the memoirs, and more. The collection also contains Nikolai Poletika’s Curriculum Vitae in English from September 1973.
Title Nikolai Pavlovich Poletika Collection.
Contributors Feliks,Roziner 1936-
SamuelEttinger
Yehuda,Slutsky 1915-1978
Nikolaĭ Pavlovich,Poletika 1896-1988
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Centre for Research and Documentation of East-European Jewry
Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet imeni A.A. Zhdanova
Belaruski dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡aŭny universitėt
Host Item Poletika, Nikolai - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Nikolai Poletika was born in 1896 in Konotop (Ukraine) to well-known noble family. He studied at the historical-philological faculty of Kiev University (1914-1919), and in 1923 moved to Leningrad. Poletika graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Leningrad State University, and in 1923-1928 worked as a correspondent for several newspapers and magazines. From 1936 to 1951 he was professor at the Leningrad State University History Department. Nikolai Poletika specialized in the study of the First World War, and headed the university’s department of History of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the USSR (1947-1950). Following an anticosmopolitan campaign and the Leningrad affair, initiated by Stalin, he moved to Tashkent and later settled in Minsk. From 1953 to 1971 Nikolai Poletika was Professor of history at the Belarusian State University. In 1973 he emigrated to Israel and published a memoir in Russian “Vidennoe i perezhitoe” (What I saw and what I lived) (1982). He died in Jerusalem in 1988.
Ownership history The collection was transferred to The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People from The Center for Research and Documentation of East European Jewry
Language Note Russian, German, French, Hebrew, English, Ukrainian
National Library system number 990042343300205171
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