Russian State Archive Research Articles

Красный спортивный Интернационал в отечественной и зарубежной историографии

This article examines the main approaches and assessments that were given in Russian and foreign scientific literature to the Red Sports International (Sportintern, RSI). The author shows the context of mentioning the organization in scientific literature and identifies controversial issues in its history. The article analyzes the source base of existing works on the his-tory of Sportintern in the context of the archival revolution of the 1990s. and documents from the Sportintern fund in the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (RGASPI). The author shows the differences between Russian and for-eign approaches to the history of Sportintern, differences in assessments of its activities. The author traces how the per-ception of RSI has changed in Soviet and Russian historiog-raphy, notes the peculiarities of the views of individual au-thors on the factors of the creation of the Sport International, the goals and objectives of its activities, the role of individual historical characters in the activities of the Sports Internation-al. Particular attention is paid to the issue of the initiator of the creation of Sportintern and the role of N. I. Podvoisky in the formation and development of the organization. Special attention is paid to the activities of the RSI in Latin America and the Latin American historiography of the work of Sportintern in the countries of the region.

Moscow Belt of Soviet Science Cities: Design and Organization of the Area

The article deals with the history of the design and construction of academic cities of science in the second half of the 1950s and early 1960s. Their intensive construction took place during a chronologically short historical period – the years of the sixth five-year plan that became the only seven-year plan in the Soviet history. During this time, the task was set to move large-scale research and design organizations from the metropolitan centers to the periphery. A special case of the transfer of research institutions outside the capital was the Moscow belt of scientific centers. Their construction was initiated by the need to intensify fundamental research in strategically important fields of science, building restrictions in Moscow, the confidential and experimental character of the research carried out in them. They differed from the Siberian centers (Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk) that were being built at the same time by their specialization, the semisecret nature of their research, closer ties with the USSR Academy of Sciences, and finally they were less prioritized in terms of construction according to the political leaders’ opinions. Nevertheless, the speed of the construction of research institutes and the opening of research centers there in the shortest possible time gave the desired “achievement effect”. The research is based on materials from the collections of the Russian State Archives of Modern History and the State Archives of the Russian Federation. They are introduced into the scholarly discourse for the first time.

Стахановцы торфяной промышленности 1930-х годов: вариант ответа на модернизационный вызов эпохи

The article examines the development of the Stakhanov movement in the peat industry of the USSR on the example of centralized peat farms of Glavtorf and peat processing of individual industrial enterprises and trusts in the territory of the Kuibyshev, Penza regions and the Mordovian ASSR during the pre-war five-year plans. The source base of the article was the funds of the Russian State Archive of Economics, regional archives of the Penza, Samara regions and the Republic of Mordovia, articles by peat specialists, an autobiographical brochure by the drummer Nikolai Zezyulin. Unlike other industries, for which historians have noted an increase in accidents, the specifics of the work of Stakhanovites on peat-mining machines were manifested in the prevention of breakdowns and improvement of equipment. In the peat industry at the all-Union and regional levels, there was a combination of material and moral factors stimulating the Stakhanov movement.

The history of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Batyushkovo, Dmitrovsky district (XVII-XIX centuries)

This article provides historical information about the architectural monument characteristic of the Moscow patrimonial (Posadsky) architecture – the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Batyushkovo, Dmitrovsky district. The author has studied and systematized data on the owners, construction and repair of the church since the XVII century, collected data on local clergy. The research is based on materials from the archive of the Dmitrov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve, the archive of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, the archive of the New Jerusalem State Historical and Art Museum, the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts and the Central State Archive of Moscow. The work contains research on the history of the Dmitrov region, studied archival sources: metric books and church records. There is practically no historical information about the state of the church for the period from the XVII to the beginning of the XIX century, and information about the landowners of the village in the second half of the XVIII – early XIX century is sketchy. A valuable contribution to the study is information about the biographies of each of the owners of the village of Batyushkovo: their kind of activity, position in society. The most important aspect is the publication of previously unknown sources: drawings of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the middle of the XIX century by architect Vasily Dregalov.

Г.Ф. Редлих о «Песнях и плясках смерти» М.П. Мусоргского: к истории международных музыкально-издательских контактов первой трети XX века

This article is devoted to the work of the music critic, conductor, and composer Hans Ferdinand Redlich (1903–1968) in comparing the two versions of M.P. Musorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, namely, N.A. Rimsky‐Korsakov’s creative arrangement (1882) and P.A. Lamm’s academic edition (1928). The Austrian musician’s appeal to the artwork of the Russian composer is considered in the context of the public movement of the “restoration of the authentic Musorgsky” and the international music publishing relations of the late 1920s. The article is supplemented by the publication of an archival document: a Russian translation of H.F. Redlich’s work Moussorgsky Redivivus (Musorgsky Reborn), preserved in the P.A. Lamm collection of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. The study and publication of this historical source is undertaken in connection with the ongoing work at the State Institute for Art Studies on the publication of M.P. Musorgsky’s Complete Works Academic Edition, under which it is planned to publish M.P. Musorgsky’s chamber vocal cycles as edited by N.A. Rimsky‐Korsakov.

A RECENTLY DISCOVERED LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ARTHUR CONOLLY

ABSTRACT This article publishes a recently discovered letter apparently written by the 19th-century British intelligence officer Arthur Conolly. Conolly is best known as the author of the term 'The Great Game' in connection with Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia during the mid-19th century. The letter was written in April 1841 while Conolly stopped on the bank of the Amu Darya River, the northern boundary of Afghanistan en route to Bukhara. He was travelling partly in an attempt to rescue a fellow British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stoddart, who was detained there. The mission failed and both men were executed in Bukhara the following year. The letter is addressed to the Austrian general August Giacomo Jochmus, who was the commander of the combined forces of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and Austria during the Syrian War of 1839–1841. The letter was discovered by the authors in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow.

Review of Documents from the Russian State Library and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Regarding the Defense of Graduate Art Projects (Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Series, etc.), Also Known as “Creative Theses”, by Artists Pursuing the Degree of Candidate of Art History in the US SR

According to Soviet Ministry of Higher Education Order No. 524 dated September 30, 1946, “On Measures to Enhance the Training of Graduate Students in Art Institutes”, the academic degree of Candidate of Art History could be conferred upon “an art practitioner, aspiring artist, for an artwork in their specialty, accompanied by the presentation and exhibition of the graduation work, along with pertinent drawings, studies and sketches”. Documents from the collections of the Russian State Library (RSL) and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RSALA) contain records of the defenses of graduate art projects (easel painting, monumental painting, sculpture, graphic series, theatrical decorative design), also known as “creative theses”, held from 1946 to 1956. Twenty-two defenses took place at the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, while twenty-one were held at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. The research conducted on library and archival resources enables the introduction of previously unstudied documents into scholarly discourse regarding the history of Soviet fine arts, the procedures for awarding academic degrees in the USSR, and creative postgraduate studies in the country's leading art institutes. These dissertations explore important themes of Soviet history and social life, many of which hold undeniable cultural and historical significance, with some being included in the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation.

«Важное проявление заботы и внимания». Из истории учреждения Международной геологической экспедиции в МНР

Introduction. In the early 1970s, Mongolia’s executives ― in accordance with the Comprehensive Program of Socialist Economic Integration ― were seeking to gain economic ground and bring the MPR to the level of its partners. In this regard, a number of initiatives were put forward by CMEA, one be discussed herein. Goals. The article examines how CMEA bodies would coordinate the making of the International Geological Expedition in Mongolia. Materials. The source base for the study comprises both published and unpublished materials from the Russian State Archive of Economy and Russian State Archive of Contemporary History. Results. The approval of the Expedition’s establishment was a relatively long and non-linear process. The three-year review witnessed at least two appeals by the CMEA Standing Commission on Geology to the Executive Committee requesting due coordination of most controversial issues. Conclusions. The long and sometimes heated negotiation process resulted in that key provisions of the Agreement on the establishment of IGE were dramatically different from the initial proposals of the Mongolian side. The meetings of 1972–1973 proved decisive for the future functioning of the Expedition, since the former articulated the main goals of the endeavor. When it came to initiate such an expedition, the Mongolian side’s draft implied its work would be paralleled by arrangements on ‘issue no. 11’ to avoid any thematic overlaps, but this idea was opposed by the European socialist countries. In response, the July 1973 meeting launched a new initiative of the Mongolian side suggesting a detailed exploration of three deposits (a project of joint development was then being lobbied by Mongolian representatives in CMEA bodies). In our opinion, the contradictions were rooted in differing visions of the IGE’s goals adopted by Mongolia and European socialist countries. Nevertheless, the very fact of the IGE’s establishment in Mongolia can be viewed as a completely positive experience, since it was one of the few Mongolian initiatives within the CMEA that resulted in the signing of a multilateral agreement.

Иван Ильин и Алексей Боровой: история одной дружбы

The publication is devoted to the reconstruction of the relations that established between the philosopher, sociologist, anarchist A.A. Borovoi and the young philosopher I.A. Il’in. The ideological and political position held by A.A. Borovoi as a Private Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Imperial University is reconstructed, as well as his attitude to other colleagues, in particular to P.I. Novgorodtsev, B.A. Kistyakovsky. The evolution of the views of the young Ilyin, who initially sympathized with radical political trends and the anarchist movement, and then switched to the positions of liberal conservatism, is demonstrated. Based on memoirs, letters stored in the archives of A.A. Borovoi in RSALA (Russian State Archive of Literature and Art), memoirs and letters of I.A. Il’in, as well as studies dedicated to Borovoi and Ilyin, the period of meetings of thinkers in Paris in 1911–1912 is reproduced in more detail. The details of the changes that occurred at the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Imperial University in connection with the “Casso Case”, which had a different impact on the fate of thinkers, are revealed. The relationship between Borovoi and Il’in with B.A. Kistyakovsky, who was also in Europe in 1911, is mentioned. An assumption is made about the reasons for the cessation of communication between I.A. Il’in and A.A. Borovoi during the World War I, which could be associated both with the ideological differences between the philosophers and the activities to which each of them devoted himself during these years. The meeting between Borovoi and Il’yin after the February revolution could have given rise to a resumption of communication, but the difference in assessment of the October revolution (imaginary or real) became a stumbling block. Based on the fragment mentioned by Borovoi from the book by G.I. Kish “Hitler and others” and the archive of I.A. Il’in there is reproduced an episode of the thinker’s speech at a meeting of the “Men’s Club” in March 1930. The article recreates the history of relations between I.A. Il’in and representatives of the conservative wing of German entrepreneurs and the failed cooperation with the centrist party represented by German Catholics.

State measures to ensure the availability of penicillin in the USSR over the second half of the 1940s

Based on the analysis of declassified documents of the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of Economics, the article considers the issue of measures taken by the USSR government in the second half of the 1940s to ensure economic and physical accessibility for the population of the country of a new drug — penicillin. The author provides information on the number of enterprises that produced antibiotics in the USSR during this period, the total volume of their production. It is shown that the capacity of domestic enterprises for a long time did not allow covering the calculated healthcare need for the drug, which determined its acute shortage. The article considers the process of pricing and government regulation of the price of a domestic drug. Based on a comparison of the cost of penicillin therapy and the income level of the population, it was concluded that the drug was affordable for the country’s residents by the end of the 1940s — beginning of the 1950s. In the conditions of an acute shortage of penicillin in the USSR in 1947, a system of centralized distribution of an antibiotic, paid for from the state budget, was introduced in medical institutions of the country. The Ministry of Health of the USSR developed a special distribution coefficient that determined the share of a particular republic in the total volume of drug supplies. The same principle was also translated to subsequent levels of distribution: by regions and cities. The article reflects the problems that accompanied the process of managing drug turnover within the country. The author showed that the introduction of penicillin into wide clinical practice, accompanied by state support measures, even despite the continued shortage of the drug, quickly and positively affected the health of the population of the USSR.

From the history of drawing up drafts of the Belgorod region cities in the region of the Dnieper-Don interfluve 1590–1694

Importance. Based on the analysis of written and graphic materials of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, it is proposed to consider the circumstances that influenced the drawing up of drawings in the key section of the Belgorod line – the territory of the Field in the Dnieper-Don interfluve.Research Methods. The methodological basis of the research is based on the desire to comply with the principle of consistency (involving a comprehensive consideration of facts, taking into account their development, relying on the structural and functional features of the subject), the principle of historicism (which is based on the study of historical phenomena, events and processes in accordance with their chronology and interrelation), the principle of objectivity (based on the fact that the sources and facts have objective content that allows us to reconstruct the historical past). The research is based on such general scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, generalization, and systematization.Results and Discussion. The totality of available information about drawings allows you to divide graphic materials into drawings of one city, a group of cities and individual localities. At the same time, the information content of graphic materials is directly related to the purposes of their compilation. If it is necessary to reflect the fortifications in the county, then only they are shown, although they are surrounded by arable land and the lands of serving people. This is a direct consequence of the fact that the fortresses and fortifications are under the jurisdiction of the Discharge Order. Arable land, hay mowing and other lands that are in use by serving people were taken into account in the Local Order. Such circumstances can be called the main factors influencing the information component of the drawings. The economic development of the territory went on in parallel with military defensive measures, despite the danger, the population sowed and harvested bread, moved around the territory for their needs, including beyond the line. The preparation of drawings in the 16th–17th centuries is an integral part of urban planning activities, sources allow us to identify two blocks of circumstances under which cartographic material is compiled: 1) upon inspection of large territories by special expeditions from Moscow and making copies according to available paintings and drawings covering large areas of copies of individual localities; 2) drawing up drawings during revision inspections of existing fortress cities and structures on their borders.Conclusion. Two types sources consideration through the structuring of materials according to the chronology and informativeness of a particular region made it possible to identify a number of drawings with the circumstances of their compilation and events occurring during this period in a particular territory. The considered examples, the proposed conclusions and conclusions make it possible to significantly expand the knowledge and importance of cartographic materials in the general system of state construction of fortress cities. At the same time, significant material has been identified that allows in the future to expand the designated topic, show the history and fate of drawings for a number of cities of the Belgorod region.

Origins of Russian fishing business in the Lower Reaches of the Volga region (late XV – early XVII century)

Abstract: The article considers peculiarities of development of Russian commercial fishing in the Lower Reaches of the Volga region in the epoch of formation of the united Russian state. To study this process, the water area of the river from the influx of Bolshoy Cheremshan in it to the Volga-Don Portage. Researchers of fish resources of the European Southeast of Russia believe that in terms of their riches valuable species of fish these fishing grounds were inferior only to the lower Volga and Northern Caspian. The chronological framework of the work covers the period from the first attempts of penetration of Russian fishermen into the Volga in the late XV century. and continued until the appearance of regular fishing business after the annexation of the Middle and Lower Volga region to the Moscow state. The source for the study of the topic are archival materials from the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, as well as written sources already introduced into the scientific circulation and published. The latter include descriptions of foreign and Russian travelers, chronicles, legislative and act material, business and production documents, etc. This problem was practically not subjected to special systemic study in the selected chronological framework. The author concludes that even in the second half of the XVI and early XVII century in the coastal zone of the river, there has been little or no permanent development of fishing and farming populations. The State has only just begun to regulate the allocation of fishing grounds and the regulation of their exploitation. The conclusions obtained during the course of the work provide an initial evolution of the fishing development of this vast region

Readers’ letters from abroad, in Russian, addressed to B. L. Pasternak after the publication of his novel “Doctor Zhivago”

The article examines the foreign readers' correspondence to B.L. Pasternak, written in Russian in 1958–1960. The work is based on the materials of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. The article lists editions of the novel “Doctor Zhivago” available to western readers in the Russian original (including pirated copies) and in foreign languages. These Russian-language letters are systematized according to the content and purpose of the letter, the sender’s country of residence, the sender’s nationality and cultural affiliation (be it a Russian emigrant or a foreigner who knows Russian). There are noted various opinions of readers about the poetics of the novel “Doctor Zhivago”, their questions about the work, the discussion on the Jewish question and the perception of Pasternak’s own personality among Russian emigration. The author examines Pasternak’s attitude to readers’ letters expressed by him in lyrical and epistolary forms. In addition to readers’ responses, Pasternak's letter to the amateur translator S. Weinberg (1959) is published for the first time.

Особенности нотирования славников «Смысл очистивше» и «Яко венцем пресветлым» в Студийскую эпоху

The oldest slavs from the Theotokos Services, which have Byzantine origin, are included early enough in the repertoire of the Mina Stichera of the Studio era. In the notated manuscripts of this period, a strong relationship is established between two of the three Mother of God feasts – the Position of the Belt and the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, whose chants have been included in the repertoire of the Intercession service since the XV century. This article is devoted to the study of the notated lists of hymns "Like the crown of the Most Holy" and "The Meaning is cleansed" during the period of dissemination of the Studio Charter. The main sources of research were the Mine Stichera of the Studio era from the collections of the Russian National Library (RNB), the Library of the Academy of Sciences (BAN), the Russian State Library (RSE), the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RGADA). The author examines in detail the features of notation, the "main editions" of the chants served as a reference material. Due to the lack of the possibility of reconstructing the original source, and even more so of deciphering the notes of the Studio era, the main method of analysis is the comparison of melodic-graphic formulas. As a result of the analysis, the obvious relationship between the sources of both earlier and later ones is clearly demonstrated. For convenience, textual scores were compiled, fixing the "main edition" of each chant in chronological sequence (from earlier lists to later ones).

AVIATION PLANT IN THE MARI ASSR IN 1941–1944: PROBLEMS OF EVACUATION, ACCOMMODATION AND PRODUCTION

The topic of industry evacuation, including aviation, the problems of locating enterprises and organizing their production in the rear regions remains relevant. At this stage, it is worth paying attention to the problem of locating specific enterprises and other problems they faced during evacuation. The purpose of the study is to study, based on the analysis of sources, one of the regional aspects in the history of the Great Patriotic War – evacuation of aviation plant No. 168 in Volzhsk, the Mari ASSR. Materials and methods. The sources were identified in the State Archive of the Republic of Mari El, the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History. The main methods were the analysis and systematization of documents. Study results. According to the resolution of the Evacuation Council dated November 11, 1941, Plant No. 168 of the People’s Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR, which had arrived from Ryazan, was located on the production areas of the Volga (Lopatinsky) Woodworking Plant. 10 main workshops were located on the territory of the woodworking plant. The assembly of KC-20 troop-carrying gliders began immediately. In accordance with the decision of the State Defense Committee dated September 13, 1942, plant No. 168 began serial production of UT-2MV light bombers, which required an increase in space and the number of workers, and creation of new production facilities. Special difficulties were caused by the issues of locating two large enterprises on the same territory – plant No. 168 and the Volga (Lopatinsky) woodworking plant: lack of production facilities, living space, problems with provision, construction deadlines, etc. By the decree of the State Defence Committee of the USSR dated October 1, 1944 and by the order of the USSR People’s Commissariat of Aviation Industry and the USSR People’s Commissariat of Railways dated October 31, 1944, Plant No. 168 was relocated to Rostov-on-Don. All production buildings and structures, including unfinished construction of the production building, were transferred to the Volga (Lopatinsky) woodworking plant. Conclusions. Evacuation of enterprises is one of the main issues in the history of the rear regions during the Great Patriotic War. The common problems for all industrial enterprises during this period were the lack of production facilities, electricity, fuel, raw materials, manpower, transport, etc. Despite all the difficulties, plant No. 168, being evacuated to the Mari ASSR, was able to organize the production and output of aircraft.

Soviet Federal Project and the Collisions of Nation Building in the 1920-1930s

The author examines the collisions of the Soviet nation-building which are actively debated in modern historiography. The source base for the research is the published materials, as well as the archival documents of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History and the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. There are analyzed some specific historical subjects and the contribution of modern historiography to the understanding of the current problems and the formulation of new ideas and approaches to the analysis of the designated set of issues including the tools of Soviet socio-political engineering, the role and significance of ethnopolitical elites in the creation of the USSR as a complex hierarchical structure. It is concluded that the contradictions in the implementation of ethnonational policy were directly related to the formation of the Soviet federation, which became a concession to the ethnopolitical movements of the early XX century; and managing diversity was the central task of the state as an alternative to previous political systems for culturally complex societies.

Cooperation Between the USSR and India in the 1950-1960s: The First Youth and Student Visits

In the 21st century, the Russian Federation and the Republic of India have great scientific and educational potential. The particularly privileged strategic partnership between the two states is aimed, among other things, at the development and innovations of scientific and educational cooperation, which has stable traditions laid down in the second half of the last century. It was during this period that the first connections were established between students and youth of the two countries. The VI World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957, was the starting point for building youth cooperation, the activities of the International Youth Tourism Bureau “Sputnik,” and the first tourist trips of Soviet students to India. The relevance of the article is determined by the appeal of the interuniversity team of authors of the RUDN University, MGIMO University and Lipetsk State Pedagogical P. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky University to the topic that had not previously been the subject of comprehensive research either in Russia or in India. The purpose of this study is to analyze the goals, forms of organization and significance of the Soviet-Indian youth and student partnership in the late 1950s - early 1960s on the basis of materials from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History that were not involved in scientific circulation. The authors use a constructivist approach demonstrating the connection between society and politics and revealing the impact of international cooperation on the institutionalization, development of scientific and educational partnership between the USSR and India at the interstate and interinstitutional levels. The Khrushchev “thaw” period laid the foundations for Soviet-Indian cooperation between the two states in the field of higher education, youth and student academic exchange and tourism. In the 21st century, the experience of the world festivals of youth and students, the work of the “Sputnik” bureau is relevant, since the Republic of India is one of the important and priority partners for the Russian Federation. Students of Modern Russia also face the task of establishing and developing academic and cultural ties with India, increasing the prestige of the country in the eyes of Indians and the whole world.

The Soviet microbiologist Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermolyeva is the founder of the national scientific school of physicians on antibiotics

The history of any science is, in many ways, the history of the development of a scientific school. Belonging of an individual scientist to a particular school allows us to characterize those ideas, principles and methodological guidelines of fundamental and applied scientific branches that he is guided by in his research. This article examines the role of the famous Soviet microbiologist Z.V. Ermolyeva in the creation and development of a scientific medical school on antibiotics. As the first Soviet scientist to receive the domestic antibiotic penicillin-krustosin, she was at the forefront of antibiotic research from the standpoint of microbiology, pharmacology and medicine. She also took part in the organization of the Soviet antibiotic industry. For thirty years, the scientific biography of the scientist has been associated with the study, production, improvement and application of these antibacterial drugs. Based on the analysis of documents from federal archives (the Russian State Archive of Economics, the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation, the Russian State Archive in Samara), as well as abstracts of dissertations by Z.V. Ermolyeva’s students, staff and followers, the main directions of her scientific school of physicians on antibiotics are analyzed, and the contribution of individual scientists to the experimental and clinical study of antibiotics is considered.

Иван Ильин и Алексей Боровой: история одной дружбы

The publication is devoted to the reconstruction of the relations that established between the philosopher, sociologist, anarchist A.A. Borovoi and the young philosopher I.A. Il’in. The ideological and political position held by A.A. Borovoi as a Private Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Imperial University is reconstructed, as well as his attitude to other colleagues, in particular to P.I. Novgorodtsev, B.A. Kistyakovsky. The evolution of the views of the young Ilyin, who initially sympathized with radical political trends and the anarchist movement, and then switched to the positions of liberal conservatism, is demonstrated. Based on memoirs, letters stored in the archives of A.A. Borovoi in RSALA (Russian State Archive of Literature and Art), memoirs and letters of I.A. Il’in, as well as studies dedicated to Borovoi and Ilyin, the period of meetings of thinkers in Paris in 1911–1912 is reproduced in more detail. The details of the changes that occurred at the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Imperial University in connection with the “Casso Case”, which had a different impact on the fate of thinkers, are revealed. The relationship between Borovoi and Il’in with B.A. Kistyakovsky, who was also in Europe in 1911, is mentioned. An assumption is made about the reasons for the cessation of communication between I.A. Il’in and A.A. Borovoi during the World War I, which could be associated both with the ideological differences between the philosophers and the activities to which each of them devoted himself during these years. The meeting between Borovoi and Il’yin after the February revolution could have given rise to a resumption of communication, but the difference in assessment of the October revolution (imaginary or real) became a stumbling block. Based on the fragment mentioned by Borovoi from the book by G.I. Kish “Hitler and others” and the archive of I.A. Il’in there is reproduced an episode of the thinker’s speech at a meeting of the “Men’s Club” in March 1930. The article recreates the history of relations between I.A. Il’in and representatives of the conservative wing of German entrepreneurs and the failed cooperation with the centrist party represented by German Catholics.

Забытые имена

This article evaluates the book dedicated to the work of Nikolai Korolkov. The authors of the review point out the necessity to expand the database of the sources with the help of the Moscow archives, they also suggest that the references to many available sources could help create a more holistic impression of the personality of the writer. Thus, the review of the work The city of roofs, deposited in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, has not been mentioned. The same archive holds other documents relevant for this topic. Since Saratov Association of Proletariat Writers (SAPP) was not validated in 1924 due to the lack of charter, the filing documents of its members are in Moscow, in the place where the funds of the principal organization – All-Union Association of Proletariat Writers (VAPP) – are deposited. The record card of the VAPP member was not used, although it could have helped to compile a more thorough biographical reference about the writer, since the record cards of this type always contained profession and the place of work or study of the member of the organization. The bibliography does not mention the already arranged chronicle of SAPP activity, the works of P. A. Bugaenko, A. K. Zhuikova, A. A. Demchenko, I. Yu. Ivanyushina, E. G. Elina, A. N. Donin and many others are not touched upon either. The most recent article by A. S. Kasovich is not cited (2022). Nevertheless, it is highlighted that the authors have delivered significant material for further research. Saratov school of philology is urged to render bibliographic help to the authors for the comprehensive augmentation of knowledge.