Archival documents and materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich

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Activities of Maksim Bahdanovich’s relatives


Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich (1862-1940) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s father

Order by the Minsk directorship of public schools at Vilna school district to appoint A.Ya. Bahdanovich as a teacher at 1st parish school in Minsk.
15 October 1886.
Handwritten on the institution’s letterhead. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 24, ark. 1)
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Instruction by director at the Minsk directorship of public schools for A.Ya Bahdanovich, a teacher at 1st parish school in Minsk to submitt data on his literary works.
1886.
Handwritten in Russian.
(NHAB, f. 458, vop. 1, spr. 126, ark. 12)
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Report by the teacher at 1st parish school in Minsk A.Ya. Bahdanovich to the director of public schools in Minsk province concerning his literary and scholarly activity. 
4 January 1887.
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(NHAB, f. 458, vop. 1, spr. 126, ark. 14-17)
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Record of persons in the service of Minsk directorship of public schools (including A.Ya. Bahdanovich) who have literary and scholarly works.
4 February 1887.
Handwritten on letterhead. Russian.
(NHAB, f. 458, vop. 1, spr. 126, ark. 3 ab.-4)
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Record of scholarly and literary works of the teacher at 1st parish school in Minsk A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
1887.
Handwritten on letterhead. Russian.
(NHAB, f. 458, vop. 1, spr. 126, ark. 12 ab.-13)
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Data on A.Ya. Bahdanovich’s service as an assistant account at the Hrodna office of the Peasant Land Bank.
1894.
Memory Book for Grodno Province 1894. Grodno, 1893. P. 93. Russian.
(NHAB in Hrodna, library)
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Dedicatory inscription by A.Ya. Bahdanovich to the regional specialist and pedagogue E.F. Orlovsky on the title page of his book “On Corvee”.
[After 1894].
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(NHAB in Hrodna, library)
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A.Ya. Bahdanovich (fourth left) among the staff of the people’s library which he himself organized.
Hrodna. [1892-1896].
Photograph.
(BDAKFFD, 0-118424)
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List of bookstores, libraries etc in Hrodna Province with data on A.Ya. Bahdanovich’s board membership at public library in Hrodna.
23 September 1896.
Handwritten in Russian.
(NHAB in Hrodna, f. 1, vop. 9, spr. 554, ark. 262)
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Record of service of A.Ya. Bahdanovich, member of the Yaroslavl office of the Peasant Land Bank, court councillor.
20 September 1914.
Copy. Typescript on letterhead. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 6, ark. 1, 1 ab., 2)
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“The found treasures”.
Article by N. Byvaeuski (Ya. Dyla) about the Maksim Bahdanovich archives.
Clip from the newspaper “Savetskaya Belarus”. 21 April 1923.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 88, ark. 2)
A.Ya. Bahdanovich among the students and teachers of the Minsk municipal elementary school.
Minsk. [The 1920s].
Photograph.
(BDAKFFD, 0-68131)
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A.Ya. Bahdanovich among the staff of the Yaroslavl museum.
[1926-1927].
Photograph.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 13, ark. 1)
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List of scholarly and literary works of A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
1927.
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 18, ark. 1-8)
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Autobiography of A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
8 March 1927.
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 17, ark. 1-8 ab.)
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Letter by A.Ya. Bahdanovich to the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus with the calculation of royalties from Maksim Bahdanovich’s published works.
[1928].
Autograph draft by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 20, ark. 1-1 ab., 2-2 ab.)
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Letter by M. Gorky to A.Ya. Bahdanovich with explanations why Adam Yahoravich was accused in counter-revolutionary activity.
29 June 1931.
Copy. Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 22, ark. 1)
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Testament of A.Ya. Bahdanovich to his children (extracts).
25 May 1938.
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 11, ark. 2-2 ab., 8 ab.)
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“М. Gorky and F.I. Shalyapin in Nizhny Novgorod”.
Recollections by A.Ya. Bahdanovich (extract).
[1938-1939].
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 15, ark. 1)
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“The last years. The pages from the life of A.M. Gorky”.
Recollections by A.Ya. Bahdanovich (extract).
[1938].
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 16, ark. 1, 2)
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“Adam Egorovich Bogdanovich”.
Biographical essay by P.A. Bahdanovich and M.A. Bahdanovich (A.Ya. Bahdanovich’s sons).
[The 1940s].
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 66, ark. 17-18, 30)
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“The archives of Adam Bahdanovich”.
Article by E. Savinov.
Clipping from the newspaper “Severny Rabochi”. 1957. 27 March. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 90, ark. 3)
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“The prominent Belarusian scholar”.
Article by A. Loika on the centenary of A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
Clipping from the newspaper “Litaratura i Mastatstva”. 1962. 23 March.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 90, ark. 4)
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“The manuscript turned into a book”.
Article by M. Surpin about the appearance of A.Ya. Bahdanovich’s recollections “The pages from the life of M. Gorky” (compilers I.P. Kren and Yu.S. Pshyrkov). Мinsk, 1965.
Clipping from the newspaper “Severny Rabochi”. 1965. 1 August. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 90, ark. 8)
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Bust of A.Ya. Bahdanovich in Khalapenichy, Krupki district, Minsk region where he was born, lived and taught.
Photograph. Copy from the website http://maksimbogdanovich.ru

Marya Apanasauna Bahdanovich (nee Myakota; 1869-1896) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s mother

М.А. Myakota’s certificate on the completion of a three-year female school in Minsk.
1882.
Copy. Handwritten on letterhead. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 10, ark. 1)
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“On the eve of Christmas”.
Story by M.A. Bahdanovich.
Newspaper “Grodnenskie gubernskie vedomosti”. 1893. 29 December. P. 2-3. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 9, ark. 1 ab.-2)
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Leu Adamavich Bahdanovich (1894-1918) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s brother

Medal “For Successes. 1812-1912” presented to L.A. Bahdanovich on completion of high school.
Silver medal: 4,2 cm. Box: 6,8х6,8х1,6 cm. Handwritten inscription in Russian.
Photograph.
(BDAMLM, № 67)
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Copy-book of the student at the Imperial Moscow University L.A. Bahdanovich with the solutions to trigonometry problems (fragment).
[1912-1915].
Autograph by L.A. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 37, ark. 41-42)
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Letter by A.Ya. Bahdanovich to L.A. Bahdanovich with congratulations on occasion of his enrollment into the Alexandrovsky Military College.
25 January 1915.
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 27, ark. 2-2 ab., 3-3 ab.)
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Letter by A.Ya. Bahdanovich to L.A. Bahdanovich advising him to undergo medical examination for military eligibility because of lungs problems.
22 May 1915.
Autograph by A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 27, ark. 12- 12 ab., 13-13 ab.)
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Personal records of the cadet at the Alexandrovsky Military College L.A. Bahdanovich: note-book, writing-book with lectures (fragments).
1915.
Handwritten on printed form. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 38, ark. 1-2, 5, 10-11)
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Letter by L.A. Bahdanovich to A.Ya. Bahdanovich describing the hardships of army service and his staying on the front.
25 November 1916.
Autograph by L.A. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 1, ark. 2-2 ab., 3-3 ab.)
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L.A. Bahdanovich in military form.
[1917].
Photograph framed under glass, in the box of green colour.
(BDAMLM, № 68)
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L.A. Bahdanovich among front-line soldiers.
May 1917.
Photograph.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 39, ark. 1)
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Pavel Adamavich Bahdanovich (1901-1968) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s stepbrother

Card of the student at the agriculture faculty of the State University of Yaroslavl, P.A. Bahdanovich.
1921.
Handwritten on printed form. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 74, ark. 1-2)
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Questionnaire of the postgraduate student at the Yaroslavl Teachers’ Training College, P.A. Bahdanovich.
4 February 1931.
Handwritten on printed form. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 77, ark. 11)
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Diploma issued to P.A. Bahdanovich by the Yaroslavl Chemical Mechanical Technical School for first place in the contest for the best lecture.
3 July 1934.
Photocopy. Handwritten on printed form. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 79, ark. 1)
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Letter by K.P. Peshkova to P.A. Bahdanovich with condolences for the death of A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
14 April 1940.
Autograph by K.P. Peshkova. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 67, ark. 1-1 ab.)
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Letter by P.A. Bahdanovich and M.A. Bahdanovich to the Literature Institute at the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR on the terms of transferring the library and manuscripts of Maksim Bahdanovich and A.Ya Bahdanovich to the Institute.
[1950-1952].
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 55, ark. 4-6)
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Letter by K.P. Peshkova to P.A. Bahdanovich discussing the transferrence of documents relating to Maksim Bahdanovich, A.Ya Bahdanovich, M. Gorky, A.P. Volzhyna etc. 
12 March 1957.
Authorized typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 68, ark.7)
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Letter by P.A. Bahdanovich to the literary critic Yu.S. Pshyrkov and researcher I.P. Kren thanking for publication of his father’s book and with some comments.
8 July 1965.
Handwritten in Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 52, ark. 1-1 ab.)
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Letter by N.B. Vatatsy to P.A. Bahdanovich with an apology for an error in his article on Maksim Bahdanovich in the magazine “Maladosts” and detailing some facts in the biography of Maksim and Vadzim.
21 March 1965.
Autograph by N.B. Vatatsy. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 66, ark. 10-14 ab.)
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“Arithmetic of real numbers”.
Teacher’s book by P.A. Bahdanovich (preface).
1966.
Typescript. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 45, ark. 1-4)
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