Photo: © A.Savin, WikiCommons / wikipedia.org
The writer Vladimir Nabokov's archive was brought to the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Pushkin House in St. Petersburg, according to the website of the Year of Literature. Head of the Pushkin House Valentin Golovin has expressed gratitude to all employees of the institute for the swift and accurate work.
The Pushkin House has advised that the US, Swiss and French colleagues will be invited to take part in the Academic council. The first presentation of Nabokov archive will be timed to coincide with the council.
Three hundred boxes with documents, books, personal belongings have arrived to Russia. The archive unites five collections. The first includes manuscripts and documents, the second comprises photographs, videos and audio recordings. The third one consists of memorial items, the fourth contains the works of art. The fifth presents the writer's library and copies of various editions of his works in different languages.
Previously, the writer's family archive was kept in Montreux, Switzerland. It is known that the archive unites more than ten thousand items. Nabokov study room, located in the Pushkin House in St. Petersburg will receive it's first visitors no earlier than 2022.
Russkiy Mir
