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Michael [Mikhail] Klochko fonds [textual record, object, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:4 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records: (Electronic) A finding aid was produced in 1989 which lists the archival material of the collection by volume. Finding aid describes volumes 1 to 19. MSS1785 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000380.pdfMedals: (Paper) Medal inventory numbers 13336-13339. (90: Open) -
Record information Michael [Mikhail] Klochko fonds [textual record, object, graphic material]
Date:[ca. 1933]-1986.Reference:R4375-0-1-E, MG31-J28Type of material:Textual material, Objects (including medals and pins), PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:105716Date(s):[ca. 1933]-1986.Place of creation:CanadaExtent:3.8 m of textual records.
4 medals.
40 photographs : b&w and col; negatives; slides.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence, scientific notes and manuscripts, articles, memoirs, newspaper clippings, publications and related material regarding his life and interests in Canada, the Soviet Union and China. The material consists of originals dating from 1961 to 1986.
The fonds also contains medals received by Dr. Klochko for his work on behalf of the Soviet Union, and includes the Order of the Badge of Honour; the Stalin Prize; the Order of the Red Banner of Labour; and the Medal for Soviet-Chinese Friendship.
The fonds also contains photographs of a group at a reception including Premier Chou En Lai; Vice Premier, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chen I; Mayor of Peking Pen Yen; and Klochko.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Klochko, Mikhail Antonovich, 1902-1986 : Mikhail Antonivich Klochko was a prominent Soviet chemist who left a visiting scientific delegation in August 1961 for political asylum in Canada. He was born in 1902 in the Poltava region of Ukraine, then part of the Imperial Russian empire. In 1925 he graduated from the Kiev Polytechnical Institute where he studied until 1930. From 1930 to 1934 he worked at the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad. Dr. Klochko was Professor and Laboratory Head at the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry in Moscow where he worked from 1932 until he came to Canada. He was the author of a large number of scientific papers including one on platinum enrichment for which he was awarded a Stalin Prize in 1948. He visited France, Austria and India on scientific missions and meetings. He worked as a scientific consultant on two tours of China. He was also the recipient of the order of the Red Banner of Labour and the Medal of Chinese Friendship.
In Canada he worked as a scientific consultant and published numerous articles in Canada and the United States and wrote the book, A Soviet Scientist in China (1964). He became a Canadian citizen in 1966.Additional information:General note:The Klochko material was removed from the subject's apartment after his death by an employee of the National Library. Klochko's papers arrived at the National Archives of Canada in nine boxes and the files they contained were in no apparent order. Klochko was a scientist who defected to Canada from the USSR in 1961 and most of his manuscripts date from the years after his arrival in Canada when he worked as a scientific consultant. The medals and photographs were received from the estate of Dr. Klochko, whose executors acted on his behalf.Subject heading:- Michael Klochko - Diaries, 1961-1982 Soviet Union, [1943-1985]
- China - Foreign relations - Soviet Union, [1933-1985]
- Soviet Union - Foreign relations - China, [1933-1985]
- Russian scientists, [1933-1985]
- Scientists - Correspondence, 1961-1986
- Societ Union - Social life and customs, 1961-1986
- Philosophy, 1933-1985
- Religion, 1933-1985
- Science, 1933-1985
- Environment, 1933-1985
- Politics, 1933-1985
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG31-J28 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Finding aid box [FA 1785] 135[Consultation Closed]Object[Consultation Open]Medals 13336--13339[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [KLOCHKO, MIKHAIL ANTONOVICH 1989-275] 4103[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Medals: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright is unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright is unknown. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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