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Autograph signed manuscript of A. A. Bestuzhev (Marlinskii) poem "V den' imenin", Ikautiia, May 18, 182[?].

Most of the letters are to Lunin's sister, from Siberia in 1838-1840; in addition there is an essay by him"Coup dʹoeil sur les affaires de Pologne" drawing on his service with Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in Congress Poland in the 1820s. Also included are two brief essays by Marii︠a︡ Volkonskai︠a︡ on Lunin and his letters. This copy of Lunin's letterbook was prepared by Volkonskai︠a︡.

Мemoirs that cover period before the revolution of 1905, peasant unrest and revolutionary activitiy in Riga in 1905, World War I, 1917 Revolution, and foreign intervention. There is also a memoir by one of Andrusova's uncle in German.

Manuscript memoirs (125 p.). They largely concern the world of rural landlords in Chernigov province in the late 19th and early 20th century. There is also reminiscences about von Meck's family and people Belli saw in their home, including artist B. M. Kustodiev; actors L. V. Sobinov, A. V. Nezhdanova, I. A. Alchevskii; Ippolit Il'ich Tchaikovsky, brother of the composer, first leader of the boy scouts in Russia, and many others.