Russian Publishers Abroad: Berlin and the Publishing House of Eugen Gutnov (Gutnoff)
In May 1919, Eugen Gutnov—known in Germany as Eugen Gutnoff—registered his own publishing house and Russian print shop in Berlin. It was one of many such ventures to emerge in the “Russian Berlin” of the first émigré wave, when the city briefly became the largest centre of Russian-language publishing outside Russia. Under his own imprint, Gutnov published works on art and literature, above all books by the art historian G. K. Lukomsky. From November 1921 to July 1923 he also published the literary and art magazine Spolokhi, whose covers and illustrations were created by artists including Marc Chagall, Alexander Archipenko, Ivan Puni, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Georgy Narbut. Its contributors included Bunin, Gumilyov, Tsvetaeva, Khodasevich, Voloshin, A. N. Tolstoy, Remizov, Pilnyak, Zoshchenko, and many other leading writers of the Russian literary diaspora. An even larger number of books appeared without Gutnov’s name as publisher: his Berlin press printed editions for émigré houses such as Detinets, Skify, Grani, and Argonavty, including books by A. F. Kerensky and V. M. Chernov.
According to the historian Felix Gutnov (“The Gutnovs”, Daryal, 2009, no. 3), the business printed around 250 book and periodical titles, some purchased by the Soviet People’s Commissariat for Education; the catalogue of the Berlin State Library lists 57 books printed at Gutnov’s Russian press between 1920 and 1925. The 104 entries below comprise all fifteen surviving issues of Spolokhi and 89 books, pamphlets, and other printed items, including twelve Russian- and Ossetian-language editions produced for Vladikavkaz and Gutnov’s second journal, Thought and Labour. Each is supported by a specific archival, library, museum, auction, or family record. This is a growing working list, not a definitive catalogue of Russian émigré publishing in Berlin. Its principal sources are the Union Catalogue of Printed Publications of the Russian Diaspora, 1918–1991 (GARF, Moscow, 2010); the International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926 (the electronic catalogue of the Russian State Library); the Van Abbe Museum’s LS Collection, which preserves page-by-page photographs of fifteen issues of Spolokhi; the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad’s Emigrantika database; the Vtoraya Literatura digital archive; antiquarian auction catalogues; and Zefira Butaeva’s article “An Ossetian Publisher from Berlin” (Daryal, 1991, no. 3).
How to read the table
The summary table lists all 104 entries by cover, title, author, year, and Gutnov’s role. Each title links to a detailed record below with the contents of an issue or a description of the book and its source. Publisher means that the edition appeared under Gutnov’s own imprint; printer means that his press produced the print run for the third-party publisher named in the record.
Details of every edition
1. Spolokhi No. 1 (November 1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 1 (ноябрь 1921)
48 pp.; cover and illustrations by S. Zalshupin. Contributors included K. Balmont, I. Bunin, N. Minsky, Sasha Chorny, A. Drozdov, G. Lukomsky, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
2. Spolokhi No. 2 (December 1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 2 (декабрь 1921)
52 pp.; cover and illustrations by Marc Chagall, with K. Boguslavskaya’s article on Chagall. Contributors included K. Balmont, Vladimir Sirin (Nabokov), Sergei Makovsky, Alexander Amfiteatrov, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
3. Spolokhi No. 3 (January 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 3 (январь 1922)
48 pp.; cover and illustrations by G. K. Lukomsky. Contributors included K. Balmont, G. Vyatkin, P. Nilus, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Baron V. Uexküll, G. K. Lukomsky, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
4. Spolokhi No. 4 (February 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 4 (февраль 1922)
48 pp.; cover and illustrations by the sculptor Alexander Archipenko. Contributors included N. Gumilyov, M. Voloshin, K. Balmont, I. Surguchev, Alexander Drozdov, Sergei Makovsky, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
5. Spolokhi No. 5 (March 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 5 (март 1922)
64 pp.; cover and illustrations by Vladimir Belkov. Contributors included M. Voloshin, Vladimir Sirin, Ivan Bunin, A. N. Tolstoy, Alexander Drozdov, G. Lukomsky, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
6. Spolokhi No. 6 (April 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 6 (апрель 1922)
Cover and illustrations by S. Segal. Contributors included Sergei Klychkov, M. Voloshin, A. Kusikov, M. Pervukhin, Evgeny Chirikov, P. Nilus, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
7. Spolokhi No. 7 (May 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 7 (май 1922)
Contributors included N. Minsky, E. Gollerbakh, Boris Pilnyak, M. Pervukhin, G. Lukomsky, N. Ashukin, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
8. Spolokhi No. 8 (June 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 8 (июнь 1922)
Cover and illustrations by Sergei Zalshupin. Contributors included K. Balmont, E. Gollerbakh, A. Kusikov, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko, Evgeny Chirikov, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
9. Spolokhi No. 9 (July 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 9 (июль 1922)
44 pp.; cover and illustrations by Ivan Puni. A surviving spread bears the typeset title “SPOLOKHI No. 9, second year of publication, July 1922”. Contributors included N. Otsup, K. Balmont, V. Khodasevich, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Alexander Drozdov, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
10. Spolokhi No. 10 (August 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 10 (август 1922)
44 pp.; cover and illustrations by Georgy (Heorhiy) Narbut. Dedicated to the artist, who died in 1920; contributors included Marina Tsvetaeva, V. Khodasevich, Boris Pilnyak, E. Gollerbakh, and G. Lukomsky. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
11. Spolokhi No. 13 (November 1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 13 (ноябрь 1922)
Cover by Max Band and illustrations by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. The issue included work by G. Struve, G. Vyatkin, V. Lidin, A. Sobol, M. Artsybashev, E. Gollerbakh, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
12. Spolokhi Nos. 15–16 (January–February 1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 15–16 (январь–февраль 1923)
52 pp. This issue first gives the new editorial and printing address, Berlin SW 68, Alte Jakobstrasse 144, and carries an advertisement for “E. A. Gutnov’s (Gutnoff’s) printing works in Berlin”. Contributors included A. Guluyev, G. Maliyev, Kosta Khetagurov, V. V. Rozanov, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
13. Spolokhi Nos. 17–18 (March–April 1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 17–18 (март–апрель 1923)
The issue contains a full-page advertisement for G. K. Lukomsky’s Old Years, published by E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff), with a cover by I. Ya. Bilibin, lettering by K. Vogt, and 32 engravings. Contributors included E. Gollerbakh, M. Artsybashev, Yefim Zozulya, Alexei Demidov, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
14. Spolokhi Nos. 19–20 (May–June 1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 19–20 (май–июнь 1923)
Cover and illustrations by L. Golubev-Bagryanorodny. The issue opens with the publisher’s programmatic statement on expanding the magazine, signed “Publ. E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff)”; contributors included V. Khodasevich, Mikhail Zoshchenko, M. Artsybashev, and others. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
15. Spolokhi No. 21 (July 1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сполохи № 21 (июль 1923)
The issue contains an article on Picasso with reproductions of his Cubist works, together with poetry from Petersburg. Source: Van Abbe Museum, LS Collection (original page).
16. “Living Dullness” and Other Stories — Gleb Alexeyev (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: «Живая тупь» и другие рассказы
A collection by the émigré writer Gleb Alexeyev in the Spolokhi Library series. The description is based on the catalogue record; the text has not been examined. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 962.
17. The Flight of Liza Basova: A Novella — Alexander Amfiteatrov ([1923?])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Побег Лизы Басовой: повесть
A novella by one of the most widely published émigré writers of the 1920s. Amfiteatrov also used Gutnov’s press through the Grani publishing house (see EG-0029). Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 994.
18. The Eternal Mirage — Mikhail Artsybashev (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Вечный мираж
A novel by the author of Sanin, issued in the Spolokhi Library. Its presence in both GARF and the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco indirectly suggests broad distribution. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 1061 and 4274.
19. My Grandfather: Stories for Children — Alexander Drozdov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Мой дед: рассказы для детей
A children’s book by the editor of Spolokhi issues 1–14, issued in the publisher’s separate Children’s Library. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 1722.
20. Heorhiy Narbut, Graphic Artist — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Егор Нарбут, художник-график
A memorial volume for the Ukrainian graphic artist Heorhiy Narbut (1886–1920), compiled by G. K. Lukomsky and including reminiscences by Lukomsky, Erich Gollerbakh, and Dmitry Mitrokhin. The cover and title page use different titles. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2317.
21. Moscow and the Countryside in Engravings and Lithographs, 1800–1850 — G. K. Lukomsky et al. ([192-])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Москва и деревня в гравюрах и литографиях, 1800–1850
An album prepared by G. K. Lukomsky, Alexander Drozdov, and Sergei Gorny, in a Boris Zvorykin binding with drawings by Ivan Bilibin. The cover explicitly reads “Published by E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff)”. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 2319 and 52; Litfund.
22. Old Years — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Старые годы
Lukomsky’s study of the architecture and art of old Russia, with a cover and 32 illustrations by Ivan Bilibin. Sources differ slightly over pagination: 154 pp. plus 32 plates, or 156 pp. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2321.
23. The Artist in the Russian Revolution: Notes of an Art Worker — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Художник в русской революции: Записки художественного деятеля
Lukomsky’s memoir on the position of artists and the fate of art in revolutionary Russia, his third or fourth book published by Gutnov in 1923. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2322.
24. “Deception” and Other Works — Vladimir Mozalevsky (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: «Обман» и др.
A prose collection by the first-wave émigré writer Vladimir Mozalevsky; the catalogue record does not disclose its full contents. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2497.
25. “Poor Ines” and Other Stories — Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko ([1922])
Title in the Russian catalogue: «Бедная Инес» и другие рассказы
A collection by the prolific novelist and war correspondent Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko. Gutnov is explicitly named as both publisher and printer; it was the tenth volume of the Spolokhi Library. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2592.
26. Across the Ocean to the Free Steppes: Meeting an Old Comrade — Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: За океаном в вольные степи: Встреча со старым товарищем
The second known Nemirovich-Danchenko title in the Spolokhi Library, a fictionalised travel memoir. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2593.
27. The New Man — N. Potapenko (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Новый человек
A novella or prose collection in the Spolokhi Library. The author, Nataliya (Natalya) Ignatyevna Potapenko (1889/1892–1974), was a daughter of the writer Ignaty Potapenko — an actress, prose writer, playwright and translator; she left Russia around 1919–1920 via Stockholm for Berlin (1921) and later lived in Paris. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2815.
28. The Homeless Woman: A Monastery Tale — Alexei Remizov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Бесприютная: Повесть монастырская
A novella by the major Russian modernist Alexei Remizov, then living in Berlin. Other Remizov books were printed by Gutnov for outside publishers (see EG-0031). Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2924.
29. New Painting: Its Origins and Development — S. Segal (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Новая живопись в её истоках и развитии
An art-historical study of the origins of modern, avant-garde painting, illustrated with 32 reproductions. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3105.
30. What Is Written in the Book of Life — Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: То, что записано в книгу жизни
A Russian translation of a work by the Ukrainian classic, with a preface by Maxim Gorky; the translation from Ukrainian was made by Gleb Alexeyev. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5216.
31. Cotton Growing in Russia: From Its Origins to the 1917 Revolution, from 1917 to the Present, and Its Future — A. I. Siegel (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Хлопководство в России от возникновения до революции 1917 года, от революции 1917 года до сего времени и будущность хлопководства
A specialist agricultural booklet, unusual within Gutnov’s largely literary and political output. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 4948.
32. Letters from V. V. Rozanov to E. Gollerbakh — V. V. Rozanov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Письма В.В. Розанова к Э. Голлербаху
The correspondence of philosopher Vasily Rozanov with the art historian Erich Gollerbakh, an important literary-historical source issued in the Spolokhi Library. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5949.
33. The Provocation of Monarchism — Nikolai Snessarev ([1923?])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Провокация монархизма
An anti-monarchist pamphlet published in Russian, English, and German. The catalogue names Gutnov only as printer and lists no separate publisher. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 600, 3181, and 6184.
34. The Straitjacket, Book 1 — Nikolai Snessarev (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Смирительная рубашка. Кн. 1
A continuation of Snessarev’s pamphlet series, likewise catalogued with Gutnov solely as printer. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3182 and 6185.
35. The Devil at the Wheel! Notes on Bolshevism — M. M. Gorelov (1920)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Черт за рулём!: (Заметки о большевизме)
An anti-Bolshevik political booklet and one of the earliest known works printed by Gutnov’s press; no separate publisher is named. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 4677.
36. At the Gates of Petrograd, 1919–1920 — Grigory Kirdetsov (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: У ворот Петрограда (1919–1920 гг.)
A memoir and political account of General Yudenich’s 1919 offensive against Petrograd. Sources differ over the publisher and pagination; the GARF catalogue, though not the Internet Archive, confirms Gutnov’s press. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 2023 and 5142.
37. Second Exhibition of Works by Russians in Belgrade, 24 August–14 September 1924 — collective publication (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Вторая выставка работ русских в Белграде, 24/VIII–14/IX 1924 г.
A short informational offprint on an exhibition of Russian émigré art in Belgrade; it is included as a separately issued offprint rather than a book in the strict sense. Printer: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 4569.
38. From the Double-Headed Eagle to the Red Banner, 1894–1921, vol. 2, parts 3–5 — Pyotr Krasnov (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: От двуглавого орла к красному знамени, 1894–1921: роман. Т. 2, ч. 3–5
The second volume of General Pyotr Krasnov’s historical-biographical novel. Gutnov’s press printed this first edition; later editions were printed elsewhere. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5231.
39. An Open Letter to the Cossacks — Pyotr Krasnov (1921–1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Открытое письмо казакам
A series of political leaflets addressed by General Krasnov to the Cossacks, representing political print rather than book production. Printer: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 304 and 5232.
40. Pocket Orthographic Dictionary after Grot: 65,000 Words — collective publication (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Карманный орфографический словарь по Гроту: 65 тыс. слов
A 735-page reference dictionary based on Ya. K. Grot’s orthography, the longest known item printed by Gutnov’s press; no separate publisher is named. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 6864.
41. Peasant Russia: Articles on Social, Political, and Economic Questions, vol. 4 — ed. A. A. Argunov, A. L. Bem, S. S. Maslov, and P. A. Sorokin (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Крестьянская Россия: Сб. статей по вопросам общественно-политическим и экономическим. [Сб.] 4
The fourth volume of the Prague Socialist-Revolutionary collection Peasant Russia, printed in Gutnov’s Berlin press. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 313.
42. The Water Does Not Flow…: A Novella — Augusta Damanskaya (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Вода не идёт…: повесть
A novella by the writer and translator Augusta Damanskaya, published by Grani in Berlin and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 1618.
43. Sorrowful Notes: Sketches of Red Petrograd — Alexander Amfiteatrov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Горестные заметы: Очерки красного Петрограда
Amfiteatrov’s sketches of life in revolutionary Petrograd, published by Grani and printed by Gutnov, who also issued another book by the author under his own imprint (EG-0003). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 986 and 4239.
44. The Virgin: A Novel — Alexander Drozdov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Девственница: роман
Drozdov’s novel was published by O. Kirchner in Berlin and printed at Gutnov’s press. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 1719.
45. Trava-Murava: A Tale and a Celebration — Alexei Remizov ([1922])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Трава-мурава: Сказ и величание
Remizov’s folklore-styled prose, published by S. Efron in Berlin and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2928.
46. Close to the Land: From a Course of Lectures on Agricultural Statistics — D. I. Pestrzhetsky (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Около земли: Из курса лекций сельскохозяйственной статистики
Lectures delivered at the YMCA Polytechnic in Wünsdorf near Berlin, published by Detinets. Copies survive in three archival collections. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 2744, 5780, and 6928.
47. Phryne: A Novel — I. Petrushevsky (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Фрина: [роман]
A novel published by O. L. Dyakova; the imprint gives the full form “Russian Printing House of Eugen Al. Gutnov”, matching the 1920 Berlin bookseller’s catalogue. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2754.
48. Russian Forerunners of Bolshevism — Mark Slonim (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Русские предтечи большевизма
Mark Slonim’s historical and political study, published by the Russian Universal Publishing House and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3173 and 6177.
49. Love Is a Golden Book — A. N. Tolstoy ([192-])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Любовь — книга золотая
A comedy or novella by Alexei Tolstoy, published by Moskva and printed by Gutnov; the cover is by Ivan Mozolevsky. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3361 and 27.
50. CHE-KA: Materials on the Activities of the Extraordinary Commissions — introduction by V. M. Chernov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: ЧЕ-КА: Материалы по деятельности чрезвычайных комиссий
A Socialist-Revolutionary collection of documents on the Cheka, with an introduction by Viktor Chernov, printed by Gutnov for the party’s Central Bureau. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3588 and 6549.
51. From February to October 1917 — Isaac Steinberg (1920)
Title in the Russian catalogue: От февраля по октябрь 1917 г.
The former People’s Commissar of Justice’s historical memoir of 1917, published by the Berlin–Milan house Skify and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3718 and 6631.
52. Clouds: Four Scenes — Semyon Yushkevich (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Облака: Четыре картины
A dramatic work in four scenes, published by Moskva in Berlin and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3766.
53. Bolshevism — Noe Zhordania ([1922])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Большевизм
A political booklet by the leader of Menshevik Georgia, published by the émigré Central Committee of the Georgian Social Democratic Workers’ Party and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 4873.
54. Land and Bread / The Republic of Soviets — collective publication (1919–1920)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Земля и хлеб / Республика Советов
A two-part documentary and analytical series on the Soviet state, published by Skify for German- and Russian-language readers and printed by Gutnov. The records preserve two forms of his imprint. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 4938, 5940, and 7732.
55. The Little Russian Hetman Zinovy—Bohdan Khmelnytsky — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Малороссийский Гетман Зиновий — Богдан Хмельницкий
A reissue of Kostomarov’s historical essay, published by Detinets and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5203.
56. The Saviours of Russia in the Seventeenth Century — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Спасители России в XVII в.
Another Kostomarov historical essay, on the Time of Troubles, in the same Detinets reprint series. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5204.
57. Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Царь Михаил Феодорович
A biographical sketch by Nikolay Kostomarov of the first Romanov tsar. Published by Detinets, Berlin, 1921. The covers of the copies in Internet Archive and ArtSreda identify the volume as series II, no. 1. GARF’s Union Catalogue of Russian Émigré Publications (2010), no. 5205, gives a different series designation, “series 1, no. 2”, and names E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff) as the printer. The ArtSreda description records 73, [3] pages but does not name the printer. Sources: the complete scan in Internet Archive, the ArtSreda copy description and its cover.
58. From Our Past — Nikolay Kostomarov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Из нашего прошлого
A further Detinets reissue of Kostomarov’s historical prose; at least four of his books in the catalogue were printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5202.
59. Memories of “Ukraine”, 1917–1918 — Duke G. N. Leuchtenberg (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Воспоминания об «Украине», 1917–1918
The duke’s memoir of events in Ukraine, an authorised translation from French published by Detinets and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5321.
60. The Tale of the Red Beast: The Russian Revolution, Bloodless… — M. Lensky (1920)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сказка о Красном Звере: Революция российская, бескровная…
A short verse satire on the revolution, published by Luch in Berlin and among the earliest known works printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5323.
61. A Wreath on the Grave of Five Artists — G. K. Lukomsky ([1922])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Венок на могилу пяти деятелей искусства
A collective obituary for five figures of Ukrainian art, compiled by Lukomsky, published by Grani, and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5361.
62. The Organisation of Agriculture — Nikolai Makarov (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Организация сельского хозяйства
A substantial scholarly monograph by the agricultural economist Nikolai Makarov, published by YMCA-Press and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5385.
63. Distant Days: Memories, 1870–1890 — Sergei Mintslov ([1925])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Далёкие дни: Воспоминания, 1870–90 гг.
Mintslov’s memoir of childhood and youth is among the latest known Gutnov printings. Its 1925 date differs from family accounts that place the press’s closure in 1924; the discrepancy is recorded but unresolved. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5518.
64. Reference Almanac: With Eight Portraits, Two Diagrams, and a Political Map of Europe — ed. G. V. Frank (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Справочник-альманах: С 8 портр., 2 диагр. и полит. картой Европы
An extensive guide for émigrés, combining geographical, legal, and organisational information with a literary and artistic section; published by Argonavty and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3254 and 6250.
65. Perpetual Peace or Perpetual War? Thoughts on the League of Nations — Baron Mikhail Taube (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Вечный мир или вечная война? (Мысли о «Лиге Наций»)
A study by the international lawyer Baron Mikhail Taube, including a facsimile of an unpublished letter by Leo Tolstoy; published by Detinets and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 6320.
66. The World War and the League of Nations — I. Katel ([192-])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Всемирная война и Союз Народов
A bilingual Russian–German legal and political study, published by E. Berger’s Neues Vaterland and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5112.
67. From Afar: Articles, 1920–1921 — Alexander Kerensky (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Издалека: Сб. статей (1920–1921 гг.)
A collection of political articles by the former head of the Provisional Government, published in Paris by J. Povolozky but printed by Gutnov in Berlin. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5134.
68. In the Flames of Civil War: Memories, Impressions, Thoughts — S. F. Stern (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: В огне гражданской войны: Воспоминания, впечатления, мысли
Stern’s memoir of the Civil War, likewise published by J. Povolozky in Paris and printed by Gutnov in Berlin. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 6635.
69. Aristarkhov’s Childhood: A Chapter from a Novel — Vladimir Krymov (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Детство Аристархова: (глава из романа)
An excerpt from a novel by the émigré writer Vladimir Krymov, published at the author’s expense and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2169.
70. The League of Nations: Its Organisation, Constitution, and Significance for International Peace — R. M. Blank (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Лига Наций: Её организация. Её конституция. Её значение для международного мира
A political study published by the International Publishing House. The imprint reads simply “E. Gutnov”, without the usual patronymic initial, preserving another historical form of the printer’s name. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 4370.
71. Russians at Gallipoli: Articles on the First Army Corps of the Russian Army at Gallipoli — V. F. Baumgarten, M. V. Vasnetsov, E. P. Vashchenko et al. (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Русские в Галлиполи: Сб. статей, посвящённый пребыванию 1-го армейского корпуса русской армии в Галлиполи
A major 496-page collection on the Russian Army’s First Corps at Gallipoli in 1920–1921. The GARF copy bears General Pyotr Wrangel’s presentation inscription to Vasily Shulgin. The editorial committee was G. F. Voloshin, V. K. Mironovich, and V. V. Polyansky. Printed by Gutnov for V. Siyalsky and A. Kreishman. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 542 and 5999.
72. Russian Bookshop in Berlin: Catalogue I, Russian Section and Textbooks, October 1920 — collective publication (1920)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Русский книжный магазин в Берлине. Каталог I. Русский отдел и учебные пособия. Октябрь 1920 г.
A bookseller’s catalogue printed by the “Russian Printing House of Eugen Al. Gutnov”, the earliest documentary evidence yet found for his Berlin press. It gives the shop’s addresses as Berlin SW 48, Wilhelmstrasse 20, and its Westen branch at Berlin W 62, Nettelbeckstrasse 15. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 492; Litfund.
73. Koryavka: A Novella — Alexei Remizov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Корявка: повесть
The ninth identified volume in the Spolokhi Library. A signed copy is known from a Litfund auction, and another copy is held by the Pushkin House. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 127.
74. Detinets: Collection 1 — M. Voloshin, Iv. Nazhivin, P. P. Izvolsky, T. Lokot, P. N. Krasnov, D. Pestrzhetsky, M. Bulanovsky et al. (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Детинец: сборник 1
The flagship literary and political collection of Detinets, with Gutnov’s full address, Berlin S 14, Dresdnerstrasse 82–83, on the title page. Copies survive in numerous Russian and European libraries and archives. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 1668, 685, 298, and 121.
75. The Minstrel: The Latest Poesies — Igor Severyanin (1921)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Менестрель: Новейшие поэзы
A collection of new poems by Igor Severyanin, published by the Berlin Russian bookshop Moskva and printed by Gutnov. Source: antiquebooks.ru.
76. Poems about Russia — Andrei Bely (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Стихи о России
A collection by the major Russian Symbolist poet, printed by Gutnov for the Berlin publisher Epokha. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 742.
77. Iron Fændyr (The Ossetian Lyre) — Kosta Khetagurov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Ирон фæндыр (Осетинская лира)
The principal poetry collection of the founder of Ossetian literature, whom Eugen Gutnov called his “guiding star”. A copy bears Gutnov’s inscription wishing the book a safe journey home to Ossetia; his only son, born in 1924, was named Kosta after the poet. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
78. Caucasian Sketches — Woldemar Uexküll (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Кавказские наброски
Possibly the same Baron V. Uexküll who contributed to Spolokhi no. 3; the sources vary in their spelling of his surname, and the identification has not been verified separately. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
79. In Sleepless Nights — Andrei Guluyev (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: В ночи бессонные
Russian poems by the bilingual Ossetian poet Andrei Guluyev (1892–1980), who also wrote in the Iron and Digor varieties of Ossetian. In 1925 he praised the production of another Gutnov title, Mountain Motifs. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
80. Ossetian Humorous Stories and Anecdotes — compiler not named (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Осетинские весёлые рассказы и анекдоты
A collection of Ossetian comic folklore. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
81. William Tell — Friedrich Schiller, trans. Tsotsko Ambalov (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Вильгельм Телль
Ambalov’s Ossetian translation of Schiller’s drama. A copy in the Vladikavkaz Republican Library bears an inscription by Zefira Butaeva’s father, Kirill Gutnov; a contemporary review praised its exceptional production. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
82. Mountain Motifs — Georgy Maliyev (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Горские мотивы
Russian-language poems by the Ossetian poet Georgy Maliyev, one of the Ossetian authors published by Gutnov. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
83. The Tale of Batraz, Son of the Nart Khamyts — Tsotsko Ambalov (1924)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сказание о сыне нарта Хамица Батрадзе
Ambalov’s literary treatment of the Nart epic story of Batraz, son of Khamyts. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
84. Makar’s Dream — V. G. Korolenko, trans. Tsotsko Ambalov (1925)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сон Макара
An Ossetian translation of Korolenko’s well-known story. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
85. Waves of Life — Tsomak Gadiyev (1925)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Волны жизни
A book by Tsomak Gadiyev, whose reviews of other Gutnov editions are cited in Zefira Butaeva’s article under the name “Ts. Gadiyev”. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
86. The Song of Alguz — author not named (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Песнь об Алгузе
The source does not explain the title. It may concern a Caucasian epic subject, but that inference has not been confirmed. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
87. The Gospel in Ossetian ([192-])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Евангелие на осетинском языке
An Ossetian-language edition of the Gospel, the only religious item in the list. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
88. Tear-off Calendar ([192-])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Отрывной календарь
A tear-off calendar: an item of everyday print rather than a book in the narrow sense, included on the same principle as the bookshop catalogue EG-0058. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3.
89. Heroes of the Time of Troubles — Nikolai Kostomarov (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Герои смутного времени
Another instalment of Kostomarov’s historical series for the Detinets house (Berlin, series II, the same series as no. 58, From Our Past, and no. 57, Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich): sketches of figures from the Time of Troubles. The known copy comes from the library of the Don ataman General A. P. Bogayevsky, as does no. 58. Printing for Detinets is attributed to Gutnov; the lot description does not name the print shop. The attribution rests on the identical series design. Series: Detinets, series II, no. 4. Source: ArtSreda, “Auction 25. In Search of the Russian Emigration”, 7 June 2025 (source).
91. The Devil in the Guardhouse: Three Petersburg Stories — Ivan Lukash (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Чортъ на гауптвахтѣ. Три петербургских истории
Prose by Ivan Lukash, later a prominent historical writer of the Russian diaspora, published by Gutnov in the Spolokhi Library, the same series as the Rozanov and Artsybashev volumes (nos. 32 and 18). Found through the publisher’s catalogue on the bibliographic site fantlab.ru, which keeps a separate record for the Gutnov house. The cover reads “Publishing House of E. A. Gutnov in Berlin” with the Spolokhi Library device. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Spolokhi Library. Source: fantlab.ru.
92. Zum-Zum — Vladimir Amfiteatrov-Kadashev (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Зум-Зум
The first collection of stories by Vladimir Amfiteatrov-Kadashev, son of the writer A. V. Amfiteatrov, published by Gutnov in the Spolokhi Library. The cover names the Gutnov house and the series. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Spolokhi Library. Source: fantlab.ru.
93. The Man in Tails with a Tail — Vladimir Amfiteatrov-Kadashev (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Фрачникъ съ хвостомъ
The second collection of stories by Vladimir Amfiteatrov-Kadashev, published by Gutnov in the same Spolokhi Library as no. 92. The cover names the Gutnov house and the series. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Spolokhi Library. Source: fantlab.ru.
94. A Ship of Champagne — Herman George Scheffauer (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Корабль шампанскаго
Translated stories by the German-American writer Herman George Scheffauer, published by Gutnov in the Spolokhi Library — a rare case in the catalogue of a Western author in translation rather than original Russian prose. Translated from the English by L. I. Strakhovsky. The cover names the Gutnov house and the series. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Spolokhi Library. Source: fantlab.ru.
95. A Short Almanac of Contemporary Ukrainian Literature — compiler not named; preface by Gleb Alekseyev (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Малый альманах современной украинской литературы
Translated selections from contemporary Ukrainian literature with a preface by Gleb Alekseyev (the author of no. 16) — a volume from Gutnov’s own Foreign Literature series, separate from the Spolokhi Library. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Foreign Literature. Source: fantlab.ru (cited in a 1922 review by Nina Petrovskaya); KORUNB reference record: “Berlin: E. A. Gutnov, 1922. — 100 pp. — (Foreign Literature)”.
96. Russian Art: A Collection of Essays — compiled by G. K. Lukomsky; essays by Louis Réau, N. M. Mogilyansky, I. V. Bryanchaninov, Yu. V. Ozarovsky, V. A. Vereshchagina, G. K. Lukomsky, S. V. Vilchkovsky, S. M. Ansimov, I. V. Mogilyansky, and M. L. Boyruk (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Русское искусство: Сборник статей — составленный Г.К. Лукомским; авторы статей
A collection of essays on Russian art compiled by G. K. Lukomsky, whose art books Gutnov published repeatedly under his own imprint (see nos. 22, 23, and 61). The cover carries an engraving of an equestrian portrait of Peter I. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 19327; the cover and details are from the antiquarian bookshop Globus Books (source). The title page reads “Compiled by G. K. Lukomsky and published by E. A. Gutnov in Berlin in 1923”; print run 500 copies.
97. The Skiff: Poems — Leonid Chatsky (L. I. Strakhovsky) (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Ладья: стихи
The first and only published book of verse by Leonid Ivanovich Strakhovsky (1898–1963), issued under the pen name Leonid Chatsky — one of his two books printed by Gutnov in 1922 (the other is the prose collection Lord Henry’s Fantasies). Strakhovsky later became a historian and Slavist in North America; in his Berlin years he was secretary of the literary circle the Brotherhood of the Round Table, alongside Vladimir Nabokov and Gleb Struve. The cover carries the imprint line “Publishing House of E. A. Gutnov. 1922”. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: none, per the Russian State Library record (the livelib.ru catalogue assigns it to the Spolokhi Library — an unresolved discrepancy). Source: Russian State Library, International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926; the full text (a searchable PDF) and the cover are from the Vtoraya Literatura digital archive (source).
98. Lord Henry’s Fantasies — Leonid Chatsky (L. I. Strakhovsky) (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Фантазии лорда Генри
Strakhovsky’s first book of stories, with an author’s preface; it appeared in the Spolokhi Library at the same time as the verse collection The Skiff. The opening story alludes to Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Russian State Library record quotes the title page verbatim: “Publishing House of E. A. Gutnov in Berlin”. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Spolokhi Library. Source: Russian State Library, International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926 (a copy from the A. P. Timofeyev Fund of the Russian Book Abroad); bibliography in the journal Observatory of Culture (2020, vol. 17, no. 4).
99. A Short Almanac of Contemporary French Literature — compiler not named; translated from the French (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Малый альманах современной французской литературы
A companion volume to A Short Almanac of Contemporary Ukrainian Literature (no. 95): the same Foreign Literature series and the same year, 1922. The existence of two instalments, Ukrainian and French, suggests that others were planned. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: Foreign Literature. Source: Russian State Library, International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926: “Berlin: E. A. Gutnov Publishing House, 1922. — 66, [1] pp.; 19 cm. — (Foreign Literature)”.
100. Contemporary China — E. E. Magaram (1923)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Современный Китай
An essay on contemporary China by E. E. Magaram, a writer and publisher active in Shanghai in the 1920s (editor of the almanac China, Shanghai, 1923). An unusual title of oriental-studies journalism for the Gutnov catalogue. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: Russian State Library, International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926: “Magaram, E. E. Contemporary China. — Berlin: Gutnov Publishing House, 1923. — 67 pp.: ill.; 20 cm”.
101. Catalogue of Books of the E. A. Gutnov Publishing House in Berlin, No. 3 — the E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff) publishing house ([1923])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Каталог книг издательства Е.А. Гутнова в Берлине. № 3
The firm’s own trade catalogue (number 3) — printed matter produced by Gutnov himself, like the bookshop catalogue at no. 72. The numbering implies that numbers 1 and 2 also appeared (not yet located). The catalogue is itself a primary source for the publisher’s output as of 1923. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: a numbered continuing publication. Source: Russian State Library, International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926 (the parent record and the record for number 3; held by the Russian State Library).
102. Thought and Labour: A Journal of Contemporary Culture — editor and publisher E. A. Gutnov ([1922])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Мысль и труд: журнал современной культуры
Gutnov’s second periodical besides Spolokhi — a journal in which he is named as both editor and publisher; it seems that only a single “first trial issue” of 1922 appeared. According to Pushkin House material, it was in connection with this journal that Alexei Remizov playfully made Gutnov a “knight of the monkey sign” of his mock Great and Free Chamber of Apes. Publisher and editor: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Series: a periodical. Source: the Russian State Library bibliographic record; the East View bibliography of émigré periodicals (“Thought and Labour: A Journal of Contemporary Culture / ed. and publ. E. A. Gutnov. — Berlin, [1922]. — First trial issue”); V. Takazov, Journalism and the Literary Process in Ossetia; Pushkin House (IRLI RAS) material.
103. Satires: Book One — Sasha Chorny (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Сатиры. Книга первая
The Berlin “new, enlarged edition” of the first book of Sasha Chorny’s Satires, with a portrait of the author — another commission for the Grani house printed at Gutnov’s press (cf. no. 43, Sorrowful Notes by A. Amfiteatrov). The Russian State Library description names the print shop directly, separately from the publisher. Printer for Grani. Source: Russian State Library: “Berlin: Grani Publishing House, 1922 (Russian Print Shop of E. A. Gutnov). — 223, [5] pp., [1] leaf of portr.; 19 cm”.
104. Notes of a Scoundrel: Moments in the Life of Yury Bystritsky — A. Vetlugin (V. I. Ryndzyun) (1922)
Title in the Russian catalogue: Записки мерзавца: Моменты жизни Юрия Быстрицкого
The only novel by A. Vetlugin (Vladimir Ilyich Ryndzyun), a journalist who in 1922 contributed to the Berlin Change of Landmarks newspaper Nakanune and later worked as a translator in the United States. Almost every description names the Berlin house Russkoye Tvorchestvo as publisher; the attribution of the printing to Gutnov’s press rests on a single bibliographic reference in an academic volume and has not been checked against the copy itself. Printer for Russkoye Tvorchestvo. Source: Philology in the System of Contemporary Humanities Knowledge (Krasnodar: Kuban State University, 2023), bibliography, p. 186; the full text (a searchable PDF) and the cover are from the Vtoraya Literatura digital archive (source).
105. The Russian Print Shop of E. A. Gutnov in Berlin: Printer’s Device — not stated ([1921])
Title in the Russian catalogue: Русская типография Е.А. Гутнова в Берлине: издательская марка
A separate impression of the firm’s printer’s device (its logo), catalogued by the Russian State Library as an item in its own right (a leaf with a cliché, about 2.4 × 2.2 cm). Included on the same principle as the catalogues (nos. 72 and 101) and the tear-off calendar (no. 88), as printed matter produced by Gutnov himself. The date [1921] in the record is a useful earliest bound for the formally styled “Russian Print Shop of E. A. Gutnov”. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: Russian State Library bibliographic record: “[Russian Print Shop of E. A. Gutnov in Berlin]: [printer’s device]. — [Berlin]: [E. A. Gutnov Print Shop], [1921]. — 1 leaf: cliché”.
About this list
This catalogue forms part of continuing family research into the publishing and printing work of Eugen Gutnov (Gutnoff) in the émigré Berlin of the 1920s. It will grow as further editions, scans, and covers are found. Discrepancies between sources, including the disputed attribution of one G. L. Kirdetsov title, are stated in the relevant records rather than concealed. A substantial part of the bibliographic records has been refined against the electronic catalogue of the Russian State Library and the International Union Catalogue of the Russian Book, 1918–1926. Photographs of Spolokhi pages are from the Van Abbe Museum’s LS Collection; covers and full texts of several books are from the Vtoraya Literatura digital archive (vtoraya-literatura.com), the Litfund and ArtSreda auction houses, the bibliographic site fantlab.ru, and the portals Scientific Heritage of Russia (e-heritage.ru) and Library of the Russian Revolution and Civil War (rev-lib.com). All are reproduced with source links in accordance with scholarly citation practice.
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