140 - Boris Konstantinovich ZAITSEV (1881–1972)

Boris Konstantinovich ZAITSEV (1881–1972) Signed typescript in Russian, annotated by the Professional Writers’ Union in Moscow—of which Zaitsev was president in 1921— certifying that Jurgis Kasimirovich Baltruchaitis is entitled, as a member of the Union, to receive 2.18 kg of flour, bearing the Union’s stamp and the signature of the Union’s secretary, “M. Tsiavlovsky.” ENCLOSED ARE 2 blank typewritten forms from the Writers’ Union regarding exemption from searches and seizures of an apartment, and an anonymous handwritten document from the Chelkovsky District Council of Workers and Peasants authorizing the representative to evict the residents of the indicated buildings, with on the back, a pencil-written list of the individuals concerned. MC Provenance -Jurgis Kasimirovich Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. -Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then through their descendants.