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Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Correspondence, Clippings, and Photographic Materials  (1982-1987, undated)

Georgi Mikhailov Collection

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.

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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.

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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.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

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.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Document Types:

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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 reference desk.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Georgi Mikhailov Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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.

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Bibliography

Neuffer, Elizabeth.  Soviet Labor Camp: A Trove of Photos. The New York Times, June 29, 1987. A1.

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