«Мы были ядро, были движение…»

Abstract

The article presents a general overview of the letters to V.V. Rozanov that he sent to . Rumyantsev Museum. The chronology of the receipt of materials from the epistolary archive to the Department of manuscripts of the Museum is traced. The author refers to the names of the persons who directly handed the materials to the archive, and who accepted and processed them. The bibliophilic priorities of the museum curator . G.P. Georgievsky and V.V. Rozanov became the basis for supplementing the epistolary collection “From the Archive of V.V. Rozanov”. The author mentions the error in dating the letter of V.V. Rozanov to G.P. Georgievsky., written to accompany the last part of the epistolary passed to the Museum inter vivos. The text of the letter is published for the first time. The importance of V.V. Rozanov's review of the book in the «Novoye Vremya» journal at the beginning of the twentieth century is emphasized. The author's approach to the systematization of the correspondents’ letters for their subsequent passing over to Rumyantsev Museum is shown. The author provides concise information on the contents of certain collections of letters from Rozanov’s correspondents. The main themes of V.V. Rozanov's epistolary communication with the authors of the letters are outlined. The author takes note of Rozanov’s special attitude to the selection of letters from the archive of correspondence for further publication. in the “Literary Exiles” series.. In the forefront there are letters from Church leaders and the thinker’s allies in the field of legislation on family relations. The article highlights the problem of correctness of specifying archive code numbers of the Russian State library's manuscript department from the museum part of the archive, which have undergone changes during their stay in the General complex of V.V. Rozanov's manuscript archive.