Russia. Departament politsii. Zagranichnaia agentura (Paris)

Identifier
26001
Language of Description
English
Dates
1883 - 1917
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI

Biographical History

Russian Imperial Secret Police (Okhrana), Paris office

Scope and Content

Intelligence reports from agents in the field and the Paris office, dispatches, circulars, headquarters studies, correspondence of revolutionaries, and photographs, relating to activities of Russian revolutionists abroad. Includes XVIII, Revolutionary Groups of National Minorities of the Russian Empire: a) The Jewish Bund, b) The Zionist Movement, c) Jewish émigré problems for Russian security abroad, d) Activities in America: finances for Jewish movements.

Conditions Governing Access

Microfilm only available for use.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

206 ms. boxes, 26 scrapbooks, 163,802 biographical and reference cards, 8 linear ft. of photographs.

Archivist Note

Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson

Sources

  • The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0