G. S. Gabaev

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Российская национальная библиотека. Отдел рукописей.

Postal address:: 91069, Russia, St. Petersburg, ul. Sadovaia, д. 18, main building; tel.: (812) 310-28-56; fax: (812) 310-61-48; e-mail: office@nlr.ru http://www.nlr.ru

Scope and content:: Housed in the fonds are materials pertaining to G. S. Gabaev’s biography, including his birth certificate; his diploma from the Kiev Cadet Corps; his grandfather and father’s service records, as well as a “photo-biography” of G. S. Gabaev; etc.; materials on his involvement with the Russian Military History Society and the Military History Museum and Archive (1918-20); works by G. S. Gabaev, and materials used in writing them (1907-56); his correspondence, and materials of various other persons. Documents pertaining to Jewish history and culture include a Russian translation of part 1 of Sholom Aleichem’s novel From the Fair [Funem Yarid] performed by I. Ia L’vovich, with S. G. Rozen-Gabaeva and G. S. Gabaev providing editorial assistance (Ust’-Vymsk, 1927); a pencil portrait of Sholom Aleichem drawn by G. S. Gabaev; a preface explaining particular features of the translation; and an appended pamphlet containing a biographical-critical essay on Sholom Aleichem by the historian of Yiddish literature Aron Gurshteyn (Moscow: OGIZ; Gosizdatel’stvo “Der Emes,” 1946).

Administrative/biographical history:: Georgii Solomonovich Gabaev (1877-1956) was a military historian and archivist. In 1895 he graduated from the Cadet Corps and entered active military service: from 1895-98, as a private; from 1898-1918, as a Leib Guard (Imperial Guard) officer of the sapper regiment. From 1914-17 he was at the front in a sapper battalion. In 1917 he was elected the first chair of the sapper regiment committee. Beginning in 1918, he served in the Main Archival Administration, which was established by decree of the RSFSR Council of People’s Commissars (1 June 1918) “On reorganizing and centralizing archival affairs”; he was involved in organising the military section and military archives, and in particular, in setting up the military section of the department of museums and the preservation of monuments of antiquity and the arts. He was subjected to political repression in the late 1920s and sent to the city of Ust’-Vymsk. From 1907-56 he wrote several studies on military history and the history of the Russian Army in the 16th-20th centuries, as well as on the art of war, regimental historiography and uniforms, and on the organisation of military archives and museums.

Access points: persons/families:: Gabaev, G. S.; Gurshtein, A.; L’vovich, I. Ia; Rozen-Gabaeva, S. G.; Sholem Aleichem

Subject terms:: Correspondence; Drawings; Literature; Literature--Novels, poetry, and plays; Literature--Writers, poets, and playwrights; Military; Museums; Vital records; Vital records--Birth records

System of arrangement:: The fonds includes a single inventory systematised by structure.