| Description | /1 Estonian passport with photograph of Olga Kerensky and her sons Oleg and Gleb which they used to leave Russia in 1920. The data is given in both Estonian and French. The passport is issued in the names of Olga Peterson and her sons Igor and Oleg. This document contains immigration office stamps from Estonia, Sweden, France and England.
This passport was obtained for Olga with the help of Boris Theodore Sokoloff, a supporter of Alexander Kerensky who inserted the names of Olga Peterson and her two sons into a list of people living in an apartment block in St Petersburg. Olga relates these events in the series of articles published in 'The Evening Standard' which she wrote about her experiences in Russia after the revolution (see MS126/2/1/3)
/2 Passport issued by the Consulat General of Russia in London in the name of the Provisional Government of Russia for Olga Kerensky. This document is written in Russian and French with various visas, travelling permits and endorsements. A manuscript note states that Olga arrived at Harwich in October 1920 and was permitted to land by the Immigration Office. |