ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-224

Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik “Pavlovsk” (Pavlovsk, Leningrad Oblast) (GMZ “Pavlovsk”)

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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 1046-50; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 811-13; Khudozh. musei Rossii (1999), pp. 199-201; Muzei SPb (1994), p. 61; Biblioteki SPb (1993), p. 58; Peterburg (1992), pp. 466-67; GAF Spravochnik (1991), p. 132; Muzei Leningrada (1989), pp. 196-202; Muzei Leningrada (1982), pp. 90-92.

h-1140. Kuchumov, Anatolii Mikhailovich. Pavlovsk Palace and Park: Country Residence of the Russian Imperial Family. Text in English.
Electronic edition: http://www.alexanderpalace.org/pavlov...

h-1141. Pavlovsk. Edited by E. Ducamp. 2 vols. Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1993. (Lib: MH).
        Vol. 1: The Palace and the Park. Compiled by M.A. Flit, A.N. Guzanov, L.V. Koval', Iu.V. Mudrov, et al. Photographs by Claudio Carpi. 254 p.
        Vol. 2: The Collections. Compiled by A.V. Alekseeva, I.V. Alekseeva, E.V. Korolev, et al. Photographs by V.F. Dorokhov and V.A. Vorontsov. 223 p.

An elaborate, richly illustrated set of two albums with authoritative texts and illustrations of the park, the palace, and its collections. The second volume includes a section on the Rossi Library by I.V. Alekseeva (pp. 22–37), with an introductory essay about its development, prerevolutionary holdings, and their postrevolutionary fate, together with colored photographs of title pages, frontispieces, and illustrations from many of the volumes.

h-1141.1. Pavlovsk. Compiled by V.A. Belanina and I.V. Mudrov. Edited by E. Ducamp. Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1992. 101 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).
In: Imperial Palaces in the Vicinity of St. Petersburg: Watercolours, Paintings and Engravings from the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries (4 vol. boxed set).

An elaborate album of illustrations from prerevolutionary engravings and watercolors with an introductory essay and annotations in English. Includes indexes of artists and engravers.

h-1142. Nesin, Vadim Nikolaevich; and Sautkina, Galina Nikolaevna. Pavlovsk imperatorskii i velikokniazheskii, 1777–1917. St. Petersburg: Zhurnal “Neva”, 1996. 288 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

A popular illustrated, but unannotated, history honoring the bicentenial of the city of Pavlovsk. Includes a selected bibliography (pp. 286–87), but no archival references.

h-1142.1. Pavlovsk. Imperatorskii dvorets: Stranitsy istorii. Compiled by I.V. Mudrov. Edited by I.V. Mudrov. St. Petersburg: “Art Palas,” Lenart, 1997. 381 p. Includes a facsimile of the 1903 edition Pavlovskii dvorets: Khudozhestvennye sokrovishcha Rossii. (Lib: MH).

A detailed, richly illustrated album presenting facsimile editions of several prerevolutionary accounts, including the pamphlet, “Materialy dlia opisaniia khudozhestvennykh sokrovishch Pavlovska” (SPb, 1903), based on a description by Empress Maria Fedorovna, with supplemental commentaries and photographs. Additional articles about the palace, its history, and holdings include one by A. Prakhov on the library—“Biblioteka Rossi” (pp. 343–46), listing many of the original holdings.

h-1143. Massie, Suzanne. Pavlovsk: The Life of a Russian Palace. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1990. xx, 394 p. + 64 plates. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
Paperback ed.: Blue Hill, ME: Heart Tree Press, 1990. xx, 394 p. + plates. A Russian translation is also available.

A detailed (but undocumented), popular history of Pavlovsk both before and after the Revolution. Traces the fate of the museum-preserve during World War II and details the subsequent restoration.

h-1144. Zelenova, Anna Ivanovna. Dvorets v Pavlovske. 2d ed. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1986. 95 p. + 16 plates. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        1st ed.: L.: Lenizdat, 1978. 135 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

An illustrated tourist guide to the palace with historical summary.

h-1144.1. Kuchumov, Anatolii Mikhailovich. Pavlovsk: Putevoditel'. 4th ed. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1980. 160 p. + 32 plates. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        1st ed.: L.: Lenizdat, 1972. 103 p.

A tourist guide to the palace-museum and the park, describing their history and the exhibits.

h-1144.2. Kuchumov, Anatolii Mikhailovich. Pavlovsk Palace and Park. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. 443 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

A large-format album, with introductory text, bibliography and index, and mostly colored illustrations.

h-1144.3. Shvarts, Vsevolod Sergeevich. Pavlovsk: Dvortsovo-parkovyi ansambl' XVIII–XIX vv. Leningrad: “Iskusstvo,” Leningradskoe otd-nie, 1980. 134 p. + plates. (Lib: DDO; MH).
Summary and legends in English, French, and German.

A history and description of the palace and park (pp. 5–46), with bibliography (p. 47) and elaborate colored illustrations.

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h-1145. Tolkacheva, G.A. “Drevnerusskie rukopisi Pavlovskogo dvortsa-muzeia.” In Pamiatniki russkoi literatury X–XVII vv., pp. 349–50. Moscow/Leningrad: Nauka, 1970. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
Electronic edition: http://lib.pushkinskijdom.ru/Default....

A brief description of 42 Russian manuscript books (16th–19th cc.) from the palace library.

h-1146. Katalog vystavki knig iz Biblioteki Pavlovskogo dvortsa. Compiled by I.V. Alekseeva. Sankt-Peterburg: BAN, 1994. 27 p. Introduction and text in Russian and French. (Lib: MH).

An exhibition catalogue of 54 books (including several manuscripts) from the prerevolutionary Pavlovsk library, including 37 books that belonged to Empress Maria Feodorovna, 3 that belonged to Catherine II, and 15 to Paul I. See also Alekseeva's essay in h–1141.

h-1146.1. Firsov, G. “Biblioteka Rossi v Pavlovskom dvortse-muzee.” Al'manakh bibliofila 6 (1979), pp. 66–72. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes the Rossi Library including manuscript books and its graphic collections, only part of which remain today in Pavlovsk. Part of the library was sold abroad after the Revolution, and the remaining part was looted by the Nazis during World War II. Many of the Nazi-looted books were returned to the USSR, but it is not possible to establish the exact losses or their present location.

h-1147. Vitiazeva-Lebedeva, Vera Aleksandrovna. “Pavlovskii dvorets: K istorii stroitel'stva.” In Pamiatniki istorii i kul'tury Peterburga: Issledovaniia i materialy, edited by A.V. Pozdnukhov, pp. 108–34. St. Petersburg: “Politekhnika”, 1994. (Lib: DLC; MH).

Draws heavily on the archival materials in Pavlovsk with significant description of some of the documents relating to the history of the palace.