CORRESPONDENCE OF THE STAFF OF THE MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT OF THE LIBRARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WITH I.N. ZAVOLOKO (1972–1983)

Abstract

Ivan Nikiforovich Zavoloko (1897–1984) – a well-known figure of the Old Believer movement, historian, local historian, folklorist, collector of antiquities, educator, who had great authority both among the Old Believers and the scientific community. He actively collaborated with the Pushkin House and the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences (BAN) in Leningrad in collecting manuscripts in the Baltic States and studying them. The published correspondence covers the period from 1972 to 1983 and includes 46 documents. Those are letters from I.N. Zavoloko to the curator of the manuscripts of the BAN N.Yu. Bubnov, to other employees of the Manuscript Department; and some response letters.