254 - CONTEMPORARY ANNALS. A political, social, and literary journal. With the active participation of N.D. Avksentyev, I.I. Bunakov, M.V. Vishnyak, and V.V. Rudnev. A comprehensive collection of the journal’s issues. 70 issues published between 1920 and 1940, 51 duplicate issues for the same period, and one issue reprinted at a later date. Varying conditions (some issues are in poor condition).

CONTEMPORARY ANNALS. A political, social, and literary journal. With the active participation of N.D. Avksentyev, I.I. Bunakov, M.V. Vishnyak, and V.V. Rudnev. A comprehensive collection of the journal’s issues. 70 issues published between 1920 and 1940, 51 duplicate issues for the same period, and one issue reprinted at a later date. Varying conditions (some issues are in poor condition). “Annales contemporaines”—a political, social, and literary journal of the Russian émigré community, published in Paris from 1920 to 1940 (70 issues in total). Originally conceived as a monthly journal, it actually managed to publish no more than six issues per year, and then, starting in 1931, only two or three issues per year. The journal’s circulation did not exceed 2,000 copies. The cessation of its activities was linked to the occupation of Paris by Nazi Germany. The magazine published works by Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Nabokov, Alexei Tolstoy, Marina Tsvetaeva, Andrei Bely, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Zinaida Gippius, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Konstantin Balmont, Mark Aldanov, Nadezhda Teffi, Boris Zaitsev, Ivan Shmelev, Alexei Remizov, Mikhail Osorgin, Gaito Gazdanov, Nina Berberova, and other prominent literary figures of the first wave of Russian emigration. Many works were published for the first time in *Contemporary Annals*. SOVREMENNYE ZAPISKI. A socio-political and literary journal. With the close involvement of N.D. Avksentyev, I.I. Bunakov, M.V. Vishnyak, and V.V. Rudnev. Issues for 1920: Nos. I, II (3 copies); 1921: Nos. III, IV (2 copies), V (2 copies), VI, VII, VIII (2 copies); 1922: Nos. IX, X, XI, XII (2 copies), XIII (2 copies); 1924: No. XVIII (2 copies), XIX (2 copies), XX (2 copies), XXI (2 copies); 1925: Nos. XI, XXIV (2 copies), XXV, XXVI (2 copies); 1926: Nos. XXVII (2 copies), XXVIII (2 copies), XXIX; 1927: No. XXX (2 copies), XXXI (2 copies), XXXVII, XVIII; 1928: No. XXXIV, XXXV (3 copies), XXXVI (2 copies), XXXVII (2 copies); 1929: No. XXXVIII (2 copies), XXXIX (2 copies), XL (2 copies); 1930: No. X, XLI (2 copies), XLII, XLIII (2 copies), XIV; 1931: No. XLII, XLIII, XLV, XLVI (2 copies), XLVII (3 copies), XXXIII; 1932: No. L (2 copies), XLIX; 1933: No. LI (2 copies), LII (2 copies), LIII (2 copies); 1934: No. LIV (2 copies), LV (2 copies), LVI (2 copies); 1935: No. LVII (2 copies), LVIII (2 copies), LIX (2 copies); 1936: No. LX (2 copies), LXI (2 copies), LXII; 1937: No. LXIII (2 copies), LXIV (2 copies), LXV (3 copies); 1938: No. LXVI, LXVII (2 copies); 1939: Nos. LXVII, LXVIII, LXIX (2 copies); 1940: No. LXX (3 copies); *Sovremennye Zapiski* Index Nos. 1920–1937 (4 copies); reprint of issue LXX from 1940 (1980s). The issues presented are in varying condition (tears, stains, detached covers). “Sovremennye Zapiski” was a socio-political and literary journal of the Russian émigré community, published in Paris from 1920 to 1940 (a total of 70 issues were published). It was conceived as a monthly publication, but in reality managed to publish no more than 6 issues per year, and from 1931 onward, only 2–3 issues per year. The magazine’s circulation did not exceed 2,000 copies. The magazine’s closure was due to the occupation of Paris by Nazi Germany. The magazine published works by Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Nabokov, Alexei Tolstoy, Marina Tsvetaeva, Andrei Bely, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Zinaida Gippius, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Konstantin Balmont, Mark Aldanov, Nadezhda Teffi, Boris Zaitsev, Ivan Shmelev, Alexei Remizov, Mikhail Osorgin, Gaito Gazdanov, Nina Berberova, and other prominent literary figures of the first wave of Russian emigration. Many works were published for the first time in *Sovremennye Zapiski*.