57th Meeting. July 12th, 2025
Presenters from France:
1). Аndrey Korlyakov is a well-known author of a series of 8 published albums of photographs “Russian Emigration in Photographs (1917–1947)”. It is no coincidence that he is called the iconographer of Russian emigration in 1917–1947. He will talk about the problems and successes in collecting photographs of Russian emigration, their restoration, and identification of individuals (in Russian).
2) Katerina Lobodenko, called her report “Russian Caricature in France (1920–1939)” (in Russian) — her research is based on materials from Russian émigré magazines called “Иллюстрированная Россия” (Франция), “Русская мысль” (Франция) and many others.
Video recording (YouTube)

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56th Meeting. May 17th, 2025
Margaret Chernozubov Herzen and George Alexandrov – former residents of San Sabba DP camps in Trieste, Italy.
The presentation “Beyond the Border: Russians in Trieste DP camps 1950-1956” is devoted to the lives of Russian political refugees in Trieste DP camps, who having been forced out of their homes in Yugoslavia, sought new lives for themselves in far off adopted countries. The presentation includes a short military, political, social history of Trieste 1945-1954; an examination of who the refugees were, their origins; and daily life in camp. (in English).
Video recording (YouTube)
Additional info:
BEYOND THE BORDER Sogni e ripartenze dei profughi dell’est Europa a Trieste (1950-1956)
Beyond the Border, DP Camps Trieste – Project Ancestry

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55th Meeting. March 15th, 2025
Elena Danielson, Hoover Institution Archivist, Emerita. As an archivist, Elena has collected and preserved materials from the Russian emigre community since 1978 so that scholars are able to study the historical implications. In her presentation she highlights the legacy of Prince Andrew Romanoff, whom many in our community remember fondly, and examine how his life fits into the story (in English).
Video recording (YouTube)

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54th Meeting. February 8th, 2025
Igor Polishchuk: “Последний управляющий Фортом Росс и его золотоискательская одиссея” (The Last Administrator of Fort Ross and His Gold Prospecting Odyssey) – in Russian with English subtitles.
Video recording (YouTube)

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53nd Meeting. October 5th, 2024
Michael Tolstoy, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: “Зинаида Биттнер – прима Русской оперетты в Шанхае в 1930-1940-е годы. Её архив, жизнь и тайны” (in Russian).
Video recording (YouTube)

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52nd Meeting. August 10th, 2024
Anatol Shmelev “100 лет Обществу русских ветеранов Великой войны в Сан-Франциско” (In Russian).
Yves Franquien, Margarita Meniailenko “Деятельность Музея русской культуры по сохранению наследия Общества русских ветеранов Великой войны” (In Russian).
Vladimir von Tsurikov “Оцифровка газет русской эмиграции в Институте Гувера” (In Russian).
Video recording (YouTube)

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51st Meeting. March 2nd, 2024
Yves Franquien: “A short introduction about recently received important publications related to Russian and Russian émigré history and culture” (In Russian).
Laura Filimonova: “Interesting exhibit items received by our Museum during 2023 and the recent renovation of the Museum Exhibition room” (In Russian).
Video recording (YouTube)

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50th Meeting. September 23rd, 2023
Maria Sakovich, historian, independent scholar, granddaughter of the Rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Archpriest Vladimir Sakovich (1918-1931): “One Picture — Several Stories: The Petrograd Children’s Colony in Russia and America” (in English).
Video recording (YouTube)

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49th Meeting. July 29th, 2023
Sofya Anisimova, PhD (The University of St. Andrews, Scotland): “Russia’s Military Strategy and the Entente in the First World War, 1914 – February 1917” (in English).
Video recording (YouTube)

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48th Meeting. July 1-2, 2023
The 100th anniversary of the arrival of the US Army Transport Merritt at Angel Island on July 1, 1923, carrying 526 Russian refugees who had fled in October of 1922 from Vladivostok with the Siberian Flotilla under the command of Rear Admiral G. K. Stark as the Bolsheviks closed in.
- Yves Franquien, Opening remarks
- Maria Sakovich, “The USAT Merritt Refugee Emigrants in the Context of the Broader Post-Revolution Russian Diaspora: A Few Remarks”
- Lada Tremsina, “From Vladivostok to San Francisco: the Journey of the Extended Kolosoff Family”.
Video recording (YouTube)

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47th Meeting. June 3rd, 2023
– Lt. Col. Andre Dragomiretzky: “Historical Road to Maidan Square” (in English).
Video recording (YouTube)

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46th Meeting. April 29, 2023
– Olga Matich: presentation devoted to her great uncle Vasily Shulgin (1878-1976) and titled “Противоречия или парадоксальное мышление В.В. Шульгинa.” – Part 2.
Video recording (YouTube)

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45th Meeting. March 25, 2023
– Ivan Podvalov and Michael Protzenko – the son of the Cossack trick rider Sergei Ivanovich Protzenko (1894-1984).
Video recording (YouTube)

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44th Meeting. February 11, 2023
– Olga Matich: presentation devoted to her great uncle Vasily Shulgin (1878-1976) and titled “Противоречия или парадоксальное мышление В.В. Шульгинa.” – Part 1.

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43rd Meeting. November 5, 2022
– Natalia Solodiagina’s :mom’s memoirs “Югославский аккорд. Воспоминания дочери Белых эмигрантов. 1941-1950”. .
Video recording (YouTube)

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42nd Meeting. September 17, 2022
– Yves Franquien: “Недавно поступившие в Музей портреты: изображённый на них человек и выполнивший их портретист”.
– Michael Tolstoy: “Поиски наследия художника Михаила Вербова”.
Video recording (YouTube)

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41th Meeting. August 20, 2022
– Ryan Gourley (Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley): “Musical Treasures of Manchuria’s Russian Gramophone Industry.”

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40th Meeting. June 25, 2022
– George Vladimirovich Grigoriev and George Albertovitch Zupko: History of Russian Aviation Part 3. “Flights to faraway lands. The Legacy of Czarist Aviators” – Russian aviation’s influence in the Western Europe and United States.
Video recording (YouTube)

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39th Meeting. March 22, 2022
– George Vladimirovich Grigoriev and George Albertovitch Zupko: History of Russian Aviation Part 2. “Cossacks from the Clouds” – Russian aviators in WW1.
Video recording (YouTube)

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38th Meeting. January 29, 2022
– Ryan Gourley (Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley): “An Overview of Musical Recordings at the Museum of Russian Culture San Francisco”.
– Michael Tolstoy: “«Свадебка» композитора И.Ф. Стравинского и В.Ф. Кибальчич”.

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Special Event. October 6, 2021
– Galina Epifanova: book presentation “The Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in Memoirs of Witnesses and Contemporaries”
Video recording (YouTube)

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37th Meeting. September 25, 2021
– George Vladimirovich Grigoriev and George Albertovitch Zupko: History of Russian Aviation Part 1. “Canvas Wings and Iron Personalities” – an overview of aviation in Europe and in Russia at the turn of the 20th century, with special emphasis on the accomplishments and career of Igor Sikorsky.
Video recording (YouTube)

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36th Meeting. Feb 8, 2020
– Alexander Kugushev: “My Three Grandfathers. About the three historical options open to Russia in 1900”.
– Laura Filimonova: “The assistance to Russian military invalids of the First World War in exile”. It is based on 13 boxes of these materials, collected in our archive during 70 years.
Video recording (YouTube)

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35th Meeting. Oct 26, 2019
– Alla Zaharoff, a longtime friend of Mr Cherkas, will talk about the artist life: “From Moscow to Santa Monica”.
– Maria Zaharoff will cover Mr Cherkas’ artistic achievements: “From Impressionism to Cubism. A lifetime journey”.
Video recording (YouTube)

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34th Meeting. May 4, 2019
– Maria Sakovich: “Russian Choral Music in San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s: Cultural Riches and Cultural Sharing”.
– Igor Sazevich (born in San Francisco in 1929): “A Memoir of an Architect and Painter in Old San Francisco”.
Video recording (YouTube)

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33rd Meeting. Feb 9, 2019
– George Schiller: “Судьба семьи Шиллеров за 30 мин (первый московский дом с лифтом, выброшенные рояли, из драгунов в священники, пятеро выживших детей из двенадцати)”
– Lada Tremsina: “Ижевцы и Воткинцы в Сан-Франциско (к 100-летию Ижевско-Воткинского восстания)”.

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32nd Meeting. Nov 10, 2018
– William Grant: “Journey of the General Manager of Verkh-Isetsk Mining District Yakov Pogrebnyak and his historical tablecloth from Yekaterinburg after 1917 revolution”
– Laura Filimonova and Larisa Andreeva: the Museum of the family of the Emperor Nicholas II in Tobolsk, other museums in Tobolsk and Tyumen.
Video recording (YouTube)

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31st Meeting. Jun 18, 2018 (in commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the arrival of USAT).
- Margarita Meniailenko: Words of Welcome
- Yves Franquen: Siberian Flotilla and Admiral Yuri Stark
- Eugenia Bailey: Voyage of the USAT Merritt
- Masha Sakovich: Admission to Angel Island and Finding Help in San Francisco
- Olga Kachina: Acclimation of refugees…
Video recording (YouTube)

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30th Meeting. May 12, 2018 (Museum’s 70 Years Jubilee)
– Н. Корецкий: Вступительное слово.
– И. Франкьен:Православный миссионер протоиерей Макарий Баранов (Прибыловы острова) – один из первых дарителей редких книг Музею-архиву в Сан-Франциско.
– Elena Danielson: George Tarala and grant for the Museum and Hoover institution project 1999-2001.
– А. Шмелев: Заметки о прошлом Музея Русской культуры.
– М. Меняйленко: Переоборудование Выставочного зала – подарок Музею к 70-летнему юбилею.

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29th Meeting. Mar 24, 2018
– Mikhail Tolstoy: “Возвращение протопресвитера А.Н. Киселева”.
– Richard Robbins: recently published book “Overtaken by the Night”, based on extensive archival research on V.F. Dzhunkovsky, who in 1913 became the empire’s security chief.
Video recording (YouTube)

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28th Meeting. Nov 18, 2017
– Mara Klestoff: Воспоминания дедушки – генерал-майора И.Ф. Шильникова. Фотография с Государем Николаем II на перроне Бобруйского вокзала.
– Margarita Meniailenko: Я.И. Лисицын, Cветлейший князь А.А. Ливен, И.А. Ильин, П.Е. Ковалевский: «Музею в Сан-Франциско быть!».
Video recording (YouTube)

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27th Meeting. Oct 7, 2017
– Dr Wim Coudenys, Professor of Russian and European (Cultural) History at the University of Leuven (Belgium): Russian post revolutionary emigration in Belgium.
– Alla Sokolov: The journey of the Anatolii Sokolov, starting from prerevolutionary times.
Video recording (YouTube)

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26th Meeting. May 6, 2017 (Commemoration of 100 years of Nicolas II abdication)
– L. Andreeva: История ковра из Тобольска.
– G. Epifanova: Отречение Николая II в воспоминаниях современников
– A. Shmelev: 1917-й год в коллекциях архива Гуверовского института
– Elena Danielson: Scenes of the Revolution memorialized by the artist Ivan A. Vladimirov. (Сцены революции, запечатлённые художником Иваном А. Владимировым)

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25th Meeting. Nov 21, 2016
– Olgard Dabbert, M.D.: “Riding the Century” – the memoir devoted to his mom Alexandra Dubbert.
– Natasha Ermakova: The Diocesan archive at Tikhon Zadonsky church, San Francisco.
Video recording (YouTube)

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24th Meeting. Oct 8, 2016.
- Andrey Svenson: memoirs of Boris Kuminov “Memoir of a White Russian”.
- Tatyana Makht: Historical Painting – The "Tsarist Russia" Series (цикл “Царская Россия”).
- Galina Epifanova: The Great Tea Route.
Video recording (YouTube)

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23th Meeting. Mar 26, 2016.

- Iv. Franquien: Cartographic Rossica of the 16th-17th Centuries.
- Valeria Kustova: Attribution of an Unknown Portrait.
- Lena Samsonova: Authentic Russian Musical Culture.
- Lena Samsonova and Masha Medvedeva: An Old Polyphonic Song.
Video recording (YouTube)

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22th Meeting. Dec 5, 2015.
Exactly 70 years ago, the Russian Foreign Historical Archives in Prague were transported to the USSR.
- Lukáš Babka (Director of the Slavic Library in Prague): "The History and Status of the Slavic Library."
Video recording (YouTube)

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21th Meeting. Oct 31, 2015.
- Ivan Podvalov: Ivan Alekseevich Kolyubakin's archive.
- Larisa Andreeva: Artifacts of the material culture of the Russian Empire.
- Nikolai Khidchenko: The gift was an altar Gospel kept in a Russian monastery on Mount Athos.
- Andrei Zabegalin: The gift was a poster, likely from the 1960s-1970s.
Video recording (YouTube)

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20th Meeting. Apr 25, 2015.
The anniversary meeting of the Friends of the Museum-Archive was entirely devoted to a report by a guest from Prague.
- A.V. Koprivova: "Russian Émigrés in Czechoslovakia in the Interwar Period"
Video recording (YouTube)

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19th Meeting. Feb 7, 2015.
- Lada Tremsina: on the publication of the second volume of A.G. Efimov's (1888-1972) memoirs.
- Valeria Kustova: on the collection of icons created by Alexandra Dabbert.
- Iv Franquien: on the history of the Russian consulate in San Francisco (1853-1924).
- Mikhail Tolstoy: on four previously unpublished autographs by A. Vertinsky.
Video recording (YouTube)

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18th Meeting. Oct 18, 2014.
- I. Franquien: a gift of watercolors and sketches by the distinguished artist Anatoly Sokolov.
- E. I. Yakubovskaya-Lerche (née Brazhnik): Russian Gymnasium in Paris.
- L. Andreeva: results of restoration work on the portraits of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
Video recording (YouTube)

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17th Meeting. Aug 23, 2014.
- Felix Zeibot: a review of the People's Labor Union (NTS) collection.
- G. V. Kumansky: a gift – a video recording of the Russian march "Freedom Rally."
- Elena Ivannikova: I. Ogurtsov ("All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People").
Video recording (YouTube)

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16th Meeting. Mar 29, 2014.
- Anna Ivanovskaya: the collection of censor Count P.I. Kapnist.
- Mikhail Tolstoy: about the choirmaster and conductor V.F. Kibalchich.
- A.A. Kondrashev: a gift – a unique photograph of the family of General N.P. Zlobin.
Video recording (YouTube)

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15th Meeting. Dec 14, 2013.
- V. Kustova: Regent M.A. Shulyakovsky's archive.
- I. Franquien: On the publication of three books prepared with his participation.
- E. Ivannikova: The story of the rescue of the banner of the Simbirsk Cadet Corps.
- A. Zabegalin: A gift – a collection of poetry and prose by Olga Alekseevna Skopichenko.
Video recording (YouTube)

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14th Meeting. Apr 6, 2013.
- N. Khidchenko: Gift of A.D. Kochnev-Kennedy.
- I. Frankjen: Kochnev family collection, N. Dragomiretsky: document fragments.
- I. Frankjen: Review of Russian periodicals in China from 1904 to 1948.
- T. Savina: Review of a poetry collection (over 270 authors).
- Amateur film about life on Tubabao Island, shot in 1949 by B. Klingenberg.
Video recording (YouTube)

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13th Meeting. Sep 15, 2012.
- I. Frankien: inventory of A.S. Lukashkin's archive from his grandson, Andrei Gariaev (Goreff).
- Larisa Andreeva: replica of Board No. 14 – gift from Adri G. Boudewyn, representative of the Rancho Bodega Historical Society.
- E. Elsner: gift – life preserver with the inscription "Wardrobe Company of San Francisco."
- E. Phemister: logo for the 200th anniversary of the founding of Port Rumyantsev.
- I. Dragomiretskaya: books received by the library.
Video recording (YouTube)

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12th Meeting. May 19, 2012.
- Yves Franquien: Photo collection "Western Front of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I"
- Elena Kolosovich: Collection of letters of Grand Duchess Maria AlexandrovnaVideo recording (YouTube)

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11th Meeting. Mar 10, 2012.
- Elena Danielson: Archival Work Experience and the Ethics of an Archivist, from her book "The Ethical Archivist"
- L. Tremsina: "Russian Emigration in the Far East" collection
- N. Ananyeva: Russian Operetta Theater in San Francisco
- N. Khidchenko: Gift from A.D. Kochnev (Alex D. Kennedy)
- N. Khidchenko: Shakespeare (1902) and Byron (1904) editions
Video recording (YouTube)

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10th Meeting. Oct 29, 2011.
- N.A. Koretsky: on the database of Russian burials he created over two years.
- K. Stakhovskaya: presented an inventory of Dmitry Agrenev-Slavyansky's music collection.
- Elena Danielson: on the careful handling of archives in pre-revolutionary Russia.
- M. Menyaylenko: an interview with Baron E.A. Falz-Fein of the Epanchin family (Liechtenstein).
- N. and A. Khidchenko: a gift of rare editions, their route Shanghai-Tubabao-Buenos Aires-San Francisco.
- A. Sheremetova: a gift of a number of valuable materials
Video recording (YouTube): baron E.A. Pfalz-Fein interview

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9th Meeting. Jun 11, 2011.
- M. Menyailenko: about a trip to the East Coast to exchange experiences in organizing archival work.
- I. Frankien: about visiting the Ukrainian National Museum and the Polish Museum in America in Chicago.
- I. Frankien: photographs of the cruiser "Oryol" officers and two albums from the San Francisco Wardroom.- M. Menyailenko: A manuscript by Alexei Remizov from the A.S. Lukashkin collection.
- G.B. Pishenin: A gift of two posters from the First World War.

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8th Meeting. Apr 15, 2011.

- L. Tremsina: G.V. Kumansky's collection.
- M. Menyailenko: a unique collection of articles, "Repositories of Rus' Abroad" (San Francisco, 1954).
- N. Khidchenko: a gift – rare pre-war Russian publications from Shanghai and Harbin.

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7th Meeting. Jan 29, 2011.

- N. Bogdan: On reconstructing the history of the Ukhtomsky-Nazaryev family.
- L. Tremsina: A book of memoirs by Major General of the General Staff P.P. Petrov.
- S.P. Petrov: A look at his father's life.
- I. Franquien: A group of large-scale photographs taken on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War.

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6th Meeting. Oct 8, 2010.
- Maria Sakovich: on Russian entrepreneurial activity in San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s.
- S. Mareche: a dedicated website for updating the Museum-Archive website.
- E. Filimonov: his own blog on Eastern European history and culture.

- I. Frankien: ornithologist B.P. Yakovlev (1881 – 1947)
- Gradov: collection of the artist P. Chelishchev.

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5th Meeting. Jun 5, 2010. – слайды пока не поставлены- I. Dragomiretskaya: valuable acquisitions intended for transfer to the Museum-Archive.
- I. Frankien: additions to the collection of the artist P.F. Chelishchev.
- Z. Gradova: the work of the writer and talented artist A.A. Gefter.
- I. Frankien: identification of officers in a group photograph with Admiral G.K. Stark.

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4th Meeting. Feb 27, 2010.
- N.A. Koretsky: state of the art, special thanks to Irina and Nikolai Dragomiretsky.
- M. Menyailenko: G.V. Baranovsky's architectural encyclopedia, which belonged to V.A. Planson.
- I. Franquien: group photograph of members of the mission sent by Ataman A.I. Dutov to China; a unique find – a document signed by Admiral A.V. Kolchak.

- I. Franquien: a gift – an album of rare postcards from the late 19th – early 20th centuries, dedicated to the city of Vladivostok.
- G.V. Kumansky: a gift – the original 1904 Imperial Manifesto of Emperor Nicholas II.
- a short visit: Russian Ambassador S.I. Kislyak and Consul V.N. Vinokurov.

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3rd Meeting. Dec 12, 2009.- N.A. Koretsky: on the museum's ongoing scanning of archival materials.
- Alex Gansa: catalogs of Russian postcards.
- Lada Tremsina: on the completion of the inventory of the Izhevsk and Votkinsk Association's materials.
- Yves Franquien: a group photograph of attorneys discovered in A.Ya. Slobodchikov's collection.

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2nd Meeting. Nov 14, 2009.

- I. Frankien: the collection of lawyer A. Ya. Slobodchikov.
- Z. Gradova: the collection of neo-romantic artist P. Tchelitchew.
- M. Menyailenko: the collection of rare DP editions (late 1940s).

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1st Meeting. Jul 18, 2009.

- N. Koretsky, M. Menyailenko, and I. Frankien introduced those present to the storage system, the principles of systematization and description of stored materials, and the Museum's projects and challenges.
- Sabelnik: a gift – a unique cover of the album "Headquarters of the 2nd Army. 1915-1916."