Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Georgi Mikhailov Collection
1991.0058
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
- Creator
- Mikhailov, Georgi, 1945-
- Title
- Georgi Mikhailov Collection
- ID
- 1991.0058
- Date [inclusive]
- undated, 1982-1987.
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet
- Language of Materials
- English
- Languages
- German. Japanese. Russian.
- Abstract
- Correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Georgi Mikhailov’s life, in particular his time spent as a political prisoner in Soviet labor camps in Northeastern Siberia from 1980-1983. The collection also contains photographs and negatives of Mikhailov and the labor camps.
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Georgi Mikhailov Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Biography
Georgi N. Mikhailov, born in 1945, was a physics professor at the University of Leningrad. In 1975, he began hosting an open house in his apartment on Sundays which exhibited works of art which had been banned by the Soviet government. The Soviet police force, the K.G.B., searched his apartment in 1977 confiscated 5,000 slides of paintings, which resulted in his dismissal from the University of Leningrad. In February 1979, Mikhailov was arrested and jailed in Leningrad. 300 of his paintings were destroyed at this time. The chapter of Amnesty International in Munich, Germany began advocating for his release. Mikhailov remained in prison in Leningrad for a year before being sent to three Soviet labor camps in Northeastern Siberia between 1980 and 1983 as a political prisoner. He maintained a camera while in the camp and smuggled the negatives to his mother in Leningrad. After being released in 1983, Mikhailov was rearrested two years later and jailed in Leningrad. After his release, he was granted a visa to immigrate to France, and married a French woman, Veronique, in 1985. In 1987, Mikhailov taught a summer course at the Tolstoy Foundation in New York. The collection was donated to Archives & Special Collections by Lawrence Tobin, a personal friend of Mikhailov.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence, clippings, and photographic materials regarding Mikhailov's experiences in Soviet Labor camps in Northeast Siberia from 1980-1983. The newspaper and magazine clippings are mostly from 1987, which corresponded with an article in the New York Times regarding Mikhailov’s photographs and labor camp experiences.
Arrangement
Series I: Correspondence, Clippings, and Photographic Materials (1982-1987, undated) consists of correspondence in Russian, newspaper and magazine clippings in English, German, Japanese, and Russian, as well as black and white photographs, color photographs, and negatives.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries July 2004
University of Connecticut Libraries405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1205
860.486.2524
archives@uconn.edu
Revision Description
October 2012
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
Acquisition Information
The Georgi Mikhailov Collection was donated in 1988 by Lawrence and Elizabeth Tobin. Additions to the collection were received in 1989, 1991, and 1993.
Related Materials
Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to human rights, as well as a large collection of Communist newspapers and publications. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Negatives.
- Photographs.
Geographic Name(s)
- Soviet Union.
Personal Name(s)
- Tobin, Lawrence
Subject(s)
- Labor camps.
- Political prisoners.
Collection Inventory
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Correspondence, Russian, undated Language of MaterialsRussian
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Fonds Der Freien Russichen Gegenwartskunst, 1987
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Newspaper and Periodical Clippings, English, 1987 Language of MaterialsEnglish
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Newspaper and Periodical Clippings, German, 1987 Language of MaterialsGerman
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Newspaper and Periodical Clippings, Japanese, undated Language of MaterialsJapanese
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Newspaper and Periodical Clippings, Russian, undated Language of MaterialsRussian
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Photographs, Black and White, undated
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Photographs, Color, undated (1982-1983]
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Photographs, Georgi Mikhailov, undated [1982-1983]
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Photographs, Negatives, undated [1982-1983]
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Photographs, clippings, publication undated, 1987-2005 Scope and Content Note[Subjects include: 15 8 x 10 B&W and sepia (originals possibly color) photographic prints; Life article, 1987; Photocopy of New York Times article 1987; 2 publications (Russian/German) of exhibition.] |
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