Studies in the History of Science and TechnologyStudies in the History of Science and TechnologyВопросы истории естествознания и техники0205-96062713-041XRussian Academy of Sciences67161410.31857/S020596060024505-7Social History of ScienceСоциальная история наукиResearch ArticleThe History of Final Stage of Handing over the Materials for “The Gold Book of the Russian Emigration” from Paris to New York (1969–1971)История завершающего этапа передачи материалов «Золотой книги русской эмиграции» из Парижа в Нью-Йорк (1969–1971)https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-7922UliankinaTatiana I.УльянкинаТатьяна Ивановна
Russian Federation
redakcia-viet@yandex.ruS. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of SciencesИнститут истории естествознания и техники им. С. И. Вавилова РАН15032023441VOL 44, NO1 (2023)ТОМ 44, №1 (2023)375527022025Copyright ©; 2023, Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniâ i tehnikiCopyright ©; 2023, Вопросы истории естествознания и техники2023Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniâ i tehnikiВопросы истории естествознания и техникиhttps://gynecology.orscience.ru/0205-9606/article/view/671614

The efforts of the Russian émigrés associated with the preparation of a multivolume publication, “The Gold Book of the Russian Emigration”, for publishing can be regarded as one of the major albeit little-studied events in their life. For the Russian émigrés, this project became a point of honor as well as a kind of response to the Cold War events. The émigrés themselves regarded “The Gold Book” not only as their “answer”, “report”, or even justification before the descendants but also as their bequest to future generations. The article analyzes previously unpublished correspondence that sheds light on the circumstances of handing over the materials for “The Gold Book” that had ended up in E. A. Vechorin’s possession and, after his death in 1969, in the possession of his widow, S. I. Vechorina, from Paris to New York (1969–1971). These documents are deposited in the so-called Russian archives in the USA: the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European Culture, Columbia University (New York, NY), the Archive of Russian Academic Group in the USA (Kinnelon, NJ), and the Archive of the Tolstoy Foundation (Valley Cottage, NY).

Деятельность русской эмиграции по подготовке к изданию итогового многотомного труда под названием «Золотая книга русской эмиграции» (1958–1971) можно отнести к числу крупных, но малоизученных событий в жизни русского зарубежья. Работа над «Золотой книгой» стала делом чести русских эмигрантов и своего рода ответом на события холодной войны. Сами эмигранты воспринимали «Золотую книгу» не только как свой «ответ», «отчет» или даже как оправдание перед потомками, но и как «завещание» будущим поколениям. Статья анализирует ранее не опубликованную переписку, проливающую свет на обстоятельства передачи материалов «Золотой книги», оказавшихся в распоряжении Е. А. Вечорина, а после его смерти в 1969 г. у его вдовы С. И. Вечориной, из Парижа в НьюЙорк (1969–1971). Эти документы хранятся в так называемых русских архивах США – Бахметевском архиве Колумбийского университета (Нью-Йорк), Архиве Русской академической группы в США (Киннелон, штат Нью-Джерси) и Архиве Толстовского фонда (Валлей Коттедж, штат Нью-Йорк).

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