The Last Years of Anatolii Shteiger’s Life According to His Letters from the Archive of Piotr Bitsilli in the Pushkin House

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https://doi.org/10.22455/Emigr.3034-3518-2024-2-215-247

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Abstract: The article gives a brief overview of the letters from the representative of the first wave of emigration, the poet of the Montparnasse note Anatolii S. Shteiger to Professor Piotr M. Bitsilli and Prince A.P. Meshcherskii. The correspondence covers the years of World War II, reflects its events and contains valuable biographical information about the poet himself and other Russian writers, public figures, and members of the Russian Imperial House in exile. The archival sources cited in the article are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

Keywords: Anatolii S. Shteiger, Piotr M. Bitsilli, Prince A.P. Meshcherskii, correspondence, biography, Russian emigration of the first wave, writers, “mladorossy”, World War II.

Information about author: Liubov V. Gerasko, Researcher, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences, Admiral Makarov emb. 4, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5896-6993

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For citation: Gerasko, L.V. “The Last Years of Anatolii Shteiger’s Life According to His Letters from the Archive of Piotr Bitsilli in the Pushkin House.” Emigrantica. Issue 2: Piotr M. Bitsilli and the Humanities of the Russia Abroad, comp. M.A. Vasilieva, sci. ed. M.A. Vasilieva and A.V. Bakuntsev, ed. M.S. Shchavlinskii, D.V. Zaitsev. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2024, pp. 215–247. (In Russian) https://doi.org/10.22455/Emigr.3034-3518-2024-2-215-247

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Received: 10 August 2021
Approved after reviewing: March 19, 2022
Date of publication: December 26, 2024

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