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Anatole and Vladimir Kalichevsky Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Acquisition Information:
Gift of Kira K. Berry, of Williamsburg, 2001 and 2002, the granddaughter and daughter respectively of Anatole and Vladimir
Kalichevsky.
Anatole Kalichevsky (March 28, 1870-April 3, 1937) was a career military officer in the White Army of Russia where he rose
to the rank of Major General. He was also a court officer of the last of the Czars. He was exiled from Russia in 1921 and
arrived in America that year via Yokohama. When he lived in New York he was active in Russian army veterans associations.
He had one son Vladimir. Anatole was born in Tiflis, Georgia and died in Woodbury, New Jersey.
This small collection, 1871-1955, primarily in Russian, documents the military career of Russian Major General Anatole Kalichevsky
(1870-1937) and the travel diaries of his son, Vladimir Kalichevsky (1895-1958), a petroleum engineer who spent most of his
career in Texas and northern New Jersey. Examples of items relating to Anatole are his service record, military orders, his
diplomatic passport, and his "New York Times" obituary. Vladimir, a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, wrote
several books on petroleum engineering, three of which are in the collection. The diaries cover the years 1902-1955 and refer
to tourist attractions throughout the United States and Europe as well as academic lectures attended while traveling. Also
included are family photographs and Russian orders and badges awarded to Anatole. All documents are in Russian unless otherwise
indicated.
St Petersburg. Anatole's father petitions the government for a birth certificate for his son
November 10 1871
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id147246
Report card as a student in the Seventh Class of a cadet corps on Tiflis, Georgia
September 14 1887
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PDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id147247
Apointment to teach tactics and military history at the Nikolevsky Academy
June 4 1899
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id147250
Complete service record 1893-1902
March 23 1905
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id147253
Certificate for award of a medal issued to mark the centenary of the Patriotic War of 1812-1814
August 27 1913
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id147255
Receipt for purchase of cemetery plot in Smolensk
October 31 1914
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Cost 361 rubles. PDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id147261
Fire insurance certificate issued by the Petrograd Insurance Company for the period April 19 1917-April 19 1918
April 19 1917
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Premium of 8800 ruples [printed form completed in manuscript]
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id147264
Order to serve as chief of the Evacuation and War-Prisoners Department
July 6 1917
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id147265
Diplomatic passport in Russian and French
September 22 1917
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Includes Anatole's photograph. Last transaction is November 7 1921 [printed form with manuscript and typed entries]
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id147266
Certificate in English, signed by the Russian Charge d'Affaires in Denmark, stating the Anatole is the Chief of the Evacuation
and War-Prisoners Department of the former Russian General Staff
January 30 1919
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He is journeying to Omsk to join the staff of the Suprene Regent of Russia, Admiral [Alexander] Koltchak. On letterhead of
the Legation de Russie, Copenhague. TDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id147267
Abbreviated service record
February 1 1919
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Issued in Copenhagen. TDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id147268
Order issued in Omsk assigning Anatole to the signer's command
September 27 1919
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id147269
Excerpt from an order issued in Omsk by the Commander-in-Chief of the General Staff assigning Anatole to the General Staff
October 5 1919
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id147270
Copy from a copy of an order issued at Omsk by the Chief of Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front giving Anatole
the right of the Commander of the Undivided Army
October 20 1919
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id147271
U.S. Immigration Form 228 --- "Declaration of Alien About to Depart for the United States". Yokohoma, Japan.
July 29 1921
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Approved by the American Consulate General's Office in Yokohama, November 7 1921. PDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id147272
Certificate stating the Anatole was wounded in May 1915 in a battle near Strei in East Gallicia
July 9 1930
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In English. TDS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id147273
Another certificate confirming wounding in May 1915
August 16 1930
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id147274
Anatole's obituary, New York Times , page 11, column 3
April 4 1937
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An undated typescript made in 2001 TD.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id147275
Brief biographical sketch for the period 1870-1919 signed by the Russian Military Attache in Denmark
[1917?]
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In English. CyTDS
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id147276
Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class and Imperial Order of St. Anne and five other unidentified badges awarded to Anatole
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id147277
Diaries
1902-September 1931 and October 1931-December 3 1955
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In Russian through 1920, Russian and English, 1921-1931, and English post 1931. They detail his [Vladimir Kalichevsky's] extensive
travels in America as a petroleum engineer. He was the author of several books, (a list appears in folder 22) three of which,
Petroleum Refining with Chemicals (1956), Modern Methods of Refining Lubricating Oils (1938) and The Amazing Petroleum Industry
(1943) were removed and transferred to the Rare Book collection. He died in Woodbury, New Jersey.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id147278
List of books written by Vladimir from WorldCat
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id147279
Old Family Photographs from an album
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id147280
Loose Photographs
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id147281
Photographs from album, snap shots
1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id147282
Dispatch bag
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id147283
Letters in Russian, written from Elizabeth New Jersey, in an unknown hand (Vladimir?) and signed "Boba"
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