Lyzhin Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 948
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1830s]-1920s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 117 ff., photographs and negatives

Scope and Content

Comprises modern prints of photographs of members of Lyzhin, Tselebeev, Polushin, Sevier, Kiselev, Thornton families and views of houses and landscapes on Karelian Isthmus from Lyzhin family album, photocopies of selected photographs from Lyzhin family album with identifications, negatives of the above photographs, and a photograph of Pavel Lyzhin

Administrative / Biographical History

The Lyzhin family of St Petersburg and Vammelsuu on the Karelian Isthmus emigrated to Czechoslovakia and France, where they became members of the post-revolutionary Russian migr communities

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Hlne Lygine, May 1985 and September 1986

Note

Russian

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

Personal Names

Lyzhin Pavel