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Unidentified letters in Russian, 1919 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/5/231

Scope and Contents

Most letters are addressed to Lydia or L. Lopokova. Some authors have been identified subsequently:
-page 4 is an unsigned, undated love poem (addressee not given)
-pages 5-8 are from Lydia's sister Evgenia
-pages 9-10 are from A[melia?] Alexandrova L[aaneon?]
-pages 11-12 are an incomplete letter
-pages 13-15 are from 'Mama' (Constanza Karlovna Douglas) to 'her children', Lydia and 'Meyner' (Maynard)
-page 16 is from Lydia's nephew Vladimir
-page 17 is an envelope to 'Keyns'
-page 18 is a 'Happy New Year' card from [Lily or Lydia]
-page 19 is an Easter card from Olga Sp[esivtseva]
-pages 20-21 discuss 'our ballet school'
-page 23-24 is to [Masha?] from [ Narton?]
-pages 27-28 are from Lydia to Sergei Pavlovich (Diaghilev)
-page 29 is from Diaghilev to Lydia
-pages 30-31 are from Lydia to 'Alexei Yevgenevich'













Dates

  • Creation: 1919 - 1969

Creator

Extent

1 envelope(s) (21 sheets in envelope) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

See Milo Keynes, ed. 'Lydia Lopokova', pp 39-49 for family history

Date information

DateText: Some documents undated.

Finding aid date

2003-03-21 10:41:16+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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