Abstract
In 1927, André Beucler is 29 years old. Born in Saint- Petersburg of a Russian mother, whose language he speaks, he publishes at Gallimard novels and short stories. One year younger Alfred Fabre-Luce, from the upper bourgeoisie, is a brilliant political essayist with European convictions and tries to make himself known as a novelist under the pseudonym of Jacques Sindral. From June 26 to August 4, the two men traveled to Russia together and published, on their return, the one Paysages et villes russes (Gallimard) and the other Russie 1927 (Grasset). While both books are hostile to the Soviet regime, they differ radically in the experience of travel and its writing, as well as in their conception of testimony. Written at a pivotal moment in the history of Franco-Russian relations, they also marked a turning point in the careers of their authors.
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