Konstantin Miroshnik Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 1194
Scope and Contents
Copies of photographs acquired from Soviet emigres in Israel and from institutions, including Yad Vashem and the Central Zionist Archives. Subjects include: family life; landmarks; Zionism; World War II and the Holocaust; Jews in the Soviet Army; Jewish dissidents in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1980
Creator
- Miroshnik, Konstantin. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Konstantin Miroshnik emigrated from the Soviet Union and settled in Israel. He was commissioned by the YIVO Institute in 1980 to collect photographs of Jewish life in Russia and the Soviet Union.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 5"lgl)
Language of Materials
Russian
Arrangement
Lists (in Russian) attached to most of the sources.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
