The Presidential Library: New acquisitions

The Presidential Library collection Julian Semenov (1931-1993), dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of the writer, journalist, filmmaker and social activist has been enriched with materials provided by the Cultural Foundation of Julian Semenov and the St. Petersburg State Theatre Library.

New acquisitions include digital copies of books, screenplays, letters, graphic and video illustrating his life and multifaceted, creative and social activities.

— Video

In the documentary Julian Semenov. Givenness of the good (52 min. 50 sec.) tells about the life and work of the writer and screenwriter. Particular attention is given to the novel "Seventeen Moments of Spring", "TASS is authorized to declare", "Auction", the newspaper "Top Secret", as well as social activities of Julian Semenov.

— Books

Collection Crimea of Julian Semenov (Simferopol, 2016) introduces the unknown pages of the life and work of Julian Semenov on the Crimean land.

In the book The first day of freedom (Yalta, 2016) is collected the best autobiographical prose of the writer - novels, short stories, essays. The core of the collection of short stories series "37-56" is the story "Intersections" - one of the key works of the writer. The third part of memoirs and nonfiction essay "Unwritten Novels" is first fully published in author's edition.

The collection of short stories by J. S. Semenov Novels (Moscow, 1966) includes the following works: Horses and People, Ice Assistant, Nightwatch, Trail, The rain in gutters, My guide, In the mountains my heart is…, Execution of Ataman.

—Screenplays

The script of the film Face to Face (M., 1985), based on the novel "Auction" (1985) about the search for cultural values ​​lost during the Second World War. Photo report about the shooting of the film "Face to face" The film is made in Tallinn // Soviet Estonia. 1989 (May 18).

Scenario Press Center on the eponymous film about the coup in the fictional country Garivas (novel filmed in 1988 - the film "The Great Game").

The script for the series Confrontation (1983) on the investigation of the murders committed by fugitive Nazi criminal.

The script of the film Quest: (based on the story "The Spanish version") (1979) on Shtirlits in Spain in 1938.

—Letters

The collection includes letters of Julian Semenov’s father - Semyon Alexandrovich Lyanders addressed to his wife Galina (1945) and his son Julian (1945), a few letters, postcards of J. Semenov for his wife Catherine Mihalkova for 1959, 1962, 1965 (1) 1965 (2) years as well as writing postcards by Julian Semenov from different persons: from E. A. Baron von Faltz-Fein (1985-1989), the Bulgarian writer A. Mandadzhiev (1988), by Charles Buxton, the English translation of the novel "TASS is authorized to declare" (1985) from the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium Andrei Gromyko (1986).

—Photographs

The collection has been enriched with 47 photographs. The most interesting images enriched the section Activity of J. Semenov in photographs.

Two photos from meetings of J. Semenov with the prototypes of characters of the novel "Seventeen Moments of Spring": J. Semenov during an interview with A. Speer - former Minister of Economy of the Third Reich (1980); J. Semenov during an interview with Karl Wolf - former SS general, the character of the novel "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1980).

Photographs documenting the meetings of Semenov with cultural figures of the Russian diaspora: Edward Faltz-Fein and Julian Semenov visiting Russian emigrant, collector Petrikovsky. August 30, 1980, France (1980); Julian Semenov and Edward Faltz-Fein, visit to the artist Marc Chagall. Saint-Paul de Vence, France (1980); Julian Semenov visiting Sergey Lifar. Switzerland-France (1980-1983); Julian Semenov in the artist’s workshop of Mikhail Shemyakin in New York (1989).

The following images depict the writer's work to find and return to the national museums of stolen during the Second World War cultural values, as well as for the reburial of the ashes of Fyodor Chaliapin in Russia: Fyodor Chaliapin, Kulian Semenov, Edward Faltz-Fein while writing F. F. Chaliapin permission for the transfer of the ashes of Fyodor Chaliapin in Moscow. The villa "Askania Nova", Vaduz, Liechtenstein (22-24 December 1982); Transferring J. Semenov of the sketch of Konstantin Korovin to the operas "Prince Igor", acquired Baron E. Falz-Fein for the special "Sotheby's" for the return to their homeland, during a TV show on the BBC (London, UK). Semenov and Baron E. Falz-Fein in the auction, "Sotheby's" (May 1984); A. Faltz-Fein passes the Naval Museum of portraits of their ancestors - Admirals Epanchins. Leningrad (June 1985).

There presented photographs illustrating the activities of Julian Semenov as one of the founders of the genre of investigative journalism, the president of the International Association of detective novels, and political (MADPR), chief editor of the USSR's first independent periodical - magazine "Detective and politics": Writers’ Conference - participants of the International Association of Detective and political novel, Yalta (June 1987); The meeting of the Board of the Soviet-French publisher DEM (December 1988); At the presentation of the newspaper "Top Secret" and the magazine "Detective and politics", Moscow (1989); Julian Semenov and members of the editorial board of the newspaper "Top Secret". Moscow (1989); Julian Semenov with Vice President MADPR writer Roger Simon. USA (1989).

The preparation of new materials for the collection will be continued.