Comprises correspondence of and translations chiefly by Alexander Sirnis of literary and political works by L. N. Tolstoi, V. G. Chertkov and others; also, related printed material and photographs
Tuckton House archive
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 1381
- Dates of Creation1847-1980
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- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian French Latvian German Czech Italian Esperanto
- Physical Description11,168 ff, manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and glass plates
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Tuckton House, near Christchurch in Hampshire, was occupied in 1900-1908 by a Tolstoyan community, headed by L. N. Tolstoi's chief disciple, Vladimir Chertkov, which published and disseminated Tolstoi's banned social and political works in Russian and in English translation
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Acquisition Information
The gift of Alfred Brandt, 1980; David Collins, 1980; Paul Valois, September 1990
Note
In English, Russian, French, Latvian, German, Czech, Italian, Esperanto
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm