Russian émigré publishers in Berlin — Eugen Gutnov (Gutnoff) catalogue

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 88 entries below comprise all fifteen surviving issues of Spolokhi and 73 books, including twelve Russian- and Ossetian-language editions produced for Vladikavkaz. 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 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; 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 88 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, its source, and the confidence of the attribution. 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)

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).

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2. Spolokhi No. 2 (December 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).

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3. Spolokhi No. 3 (January 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).

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4. Spolokhi No. 4 (February 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).

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5. Spolokhi No. 5 (March 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).

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6. Spolokhi No. 6 (April 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).

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7. Spolokhi No. 7 (May 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).

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8. Spolokhi No. 8 (June 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).

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9. Spolokhi No. 9 (July 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).

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10. Spolokhi No. 10 (August 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).

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11. Spolokhi No. 13 (November 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).

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12. Spolokhi Nos. 15–16 (January–February 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).

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13. Spolokhi Nos. 17–18 (March–April 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).

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14. Spolokhi Nos. 19–20 (May–June 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).

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15. Spolokhi No. 21 (July 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).

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16. “Living Dullness” and Other Stories — Gleb Alexeyev (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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17. The Flight of Liza Basova: A Novella — Alexander Amfiteatrov ([1923])

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. Confidence: medium.

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18. The Eternal Mirage — Mikhail Artsybashev (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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19. My Grandfather: Stories for Children — Alexander Drozdov (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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20. Heorhiy Narbut, Graphic Artist — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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21. Moscow and the Countryside in Engravings and Lithographs, 1800–1850 — G. K. Lukomsky et al. ([192-])

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. Confidence: high.

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22. Old Years — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)

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. Confidence: high.

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23. The Artist in the Russian Revolution: Notes of an Art Worker — G. K. Lukomsky (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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24. “Deception” and Other Works — Vladimir Mozalevsky (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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25. “Poor Ines” and Other Stories — Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko ([1922])

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. Confidence: high.

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26. Across the Ocean to the Free Steppes: Meeting an Old Comrade — Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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27. The New Man — N. Potapenko (1922)

A novella or prose collection in the Spolokhi Library. No further biographical information about the author was found during this research phase. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2815. Confidence: medium.

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28. The Homeless Woman: A Monastery Tale — Alexei Remizov (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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29. New Painting: Its Origins and Development — S. Segal (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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30. What Is Written in the Book of Life — Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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31. Cotton Growing in Russia: From Its Origins to the 1917 Revolution, from 1917 to the Present, and Its Future — A. I. Siegel (1923)

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. Confidence: medium.

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32. Letters from V. V. Rozanov to E. Gollerbakh — V. V. Rozanov (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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33. The Provocation of Monarchism — Nikolai Snessarev ([1923?])

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. Confidence: medium.

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34. The Straitjacket, Book 1 — Nikolai Snessarev (1923)

A continuation of Snessarev’s pamphlet series, likewise catalogued with Gutnov solely as printer. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 3182 and 6185. Confidence: medium.

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35. The Devil at the Wheel! Notes on Bolshevism — M. M. Gorelov (1920)

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. Confidence: medium.

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36. At the Gates of Petrograd, 1919–1920 — Grigory Kirdetsov (1921)

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. Confidence: medium.

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37. Second Exhibition of Works by Russians in Belgrade, 24 August–14 September 1924 — collective publication (1924)

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. Confidence: medium.

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38. From the Double-Headed Eagle to the Red Banner, 1894–1921, vol. 2, parts 3–5 — Pyotr Krasnov (1921)

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. Confidence: medium.

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39. An Open Letter to the Cossacks — Pyotr Krasnov (1921–1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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40. Pocket Orthographic Dictionary after Grot: 65,000 Words — collective publication (1921)

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. Confidence: medium.

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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)

The fourth volume of the Prague Socialist-Revolutionary collection Peasant Russia, printed in Gutnov’s Berlin press. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 313. Confidence: medium.

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42. The Water Does Not Flow…: A Novella — Augusta Damanskaya (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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43. Sorrowful Notes: Sketches of Red Petrograd — Alexander Amfiteatrov (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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44. The Virgin: A Novel — Alexander Drozdov (1922)

Drozdov’s novel was published by O. Kirchner in Berlin and printed at Gutnov’s press. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 1719. Confidence: medium.

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45. Trava-Murava: A Tale and a Celebration — Alexei Remizov ([1922])

Remizov’s folklore-styled prose, published by S. Efron in Berlin and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 2928. Confidence: high.

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46. Close to the Land: From a Course of Lectures on Agricultural Statistics — D. I. Pestrzhetsky (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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47. Phryne: A Novel — I. Petrushevsky (1921)

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. Confidence: medium.

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48. Russian Forerunners of Bolshevism — Mark Slonim (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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49. Love Is a Golden Book — A. N. Tolstoy ([after 1919])

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. Confidence: high.

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50. CHE-KA: Materials on the Activities of the Extraordinary Commissions — introduction by V. M. Chernov (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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51. From February to October 1917 — Isaac Steinberg ([after 1919])

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. Confidence: medium.

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52. Clouds: Four Scenes — Semyon Yushkevich (1922)

A dramatic work in four scenes, published by Moskva in Berlin and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3766. Confidence: medium.

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53. Bolshevism — Noe Zhordania ([1922])

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. Confidence: high.

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54. Land and Bread / The Republic of Soviets — collective publication (1919–1920)

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. Confidence: medium.

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55. The Little Russian Hetman Zinovy—Bohdan Khmelnytsky — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)

A reissue of Kostomarov’s historical essay, published by Detinets and printed by Gutnov. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5203. Confidence: high.

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56. The Saviours of Russia in the Seventeenth Century — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)

Another Kostomarov historical essay, on the Time of Troubles, in the same Detinets reprint series. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5204. Confidence: medium.

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57. Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich — Nikolay Kostomarov (1921)

The third Kostomarov essay in the catalogue’s Detinets group, devoted to the first Romanov tsar. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 5205. Confidence: high.

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58. From Our Past — Nikolay Kostomarov (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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59. Memories of “Ukraine”, 1917–1918 — Duke G. N. Leuchtenberg (1921)

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. Confidence: medium.

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60. The Tale of the Red Beast: The Russian Revolution, Bloodless… — M. Lensky (1920)

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. Confidence: medium.

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61. A Wreath on the Grave of Five Artists — G. K. Lukomsky ([1922])

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. Confidence: medium.

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62. The Organisation of Agriculture — Nikolai Makarov (1924)

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. Confidence: medium.

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63. Distant Days: Memories, 1870–1890 — Sergei Mintslov ([1925])

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. Confidence: medium.

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64. Reference Almanac: With Eight Portraits, Two Diagrams, and a Political Map of Europe — ed. G. V. Frank (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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65. Perpetual Peace or Perpetual War? Thoughts on the League of Nations — Baron Mikhail Taube (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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66. The World War and the League of Nations — I. Katel ([not before 1919])

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. Confidence: medium.

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67. From Afar: Articles, 1920–1921 — Alexander Kerensky (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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68. In the Flames of Civil War: Memories, Impressions, Thoughts — S. F. Stern (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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69. Aristarkhov’s Childhood: A Chapter from a Novel — Vladimir Krymov (1924)

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. Confidence: medium.

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70. The League of Nations: Its Organisation, Constitution, and Significance for International Peace — R. M. Blank (1924)

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. Confidence: medium.

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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.; ed. G. F. Voloshin, V. K. Mironovich, V. V. Polyansky (1923)

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. Printed by Gutnov for V. Siyalsky and A. Kreishman. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, nos. 542 and 5999. Confidence: high.

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72. Russian Bookshop in Berlin: Catalogue I, Russian Section and Textbooks, October 1920 — collective publication (1920)

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. Confidence: high.

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73. Koryavka: A Novella — Alexei Remizov (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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74. Detinets: Collection 1 — compiler not named; M. Voloshin, Iv. Nazhivin, P. P. Izvolsky, T. Lokot, P. N. Krasnov, D. Pestrzhetsky, M. Bulanovsky et al. (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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75. The Minstrel: The Latest Poesies — Igor Severyanin (1921)

A collection of new poems by Igor Severyanin, published by the Berlin Russian bookshop Moskva and printed by Gutnov. Source: antiquebooks.ru. Confidence: medium.

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76. Poems about Russia — Andrei Bely (1922)

A collection by the major Russian Symbolist poet, printed by Gutnov for the Berlin publisher Epokha. Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 742. Confidence: medium.

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77. Iron Fændyr (The Ossetian Lyre) — Kosta Khetagurov (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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78. Caucasian Sketches — Woldemar Uexküll (1922)

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. Confidence: high.

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79. In Sleepless Nights — Andrei Guluyev (1923)

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. Confidence: high.

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80. Ossetian Humorous Stories and Anecdotes — compiler not named (1924)

A collection of Ossetian comic folklore. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3. Confidence: high.

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81. William Tell — Friedrich Schiller, trans. Tsotsko Ambalov (1924)

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. Confidence: high.

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82. Mountain Motifs — Georgy Maliyev (1924)

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. Confidence: high.

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83. The Tale of Batraz, Son of the Nart Khamyts — Tsotsko Ambalov (1924)

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. Confidence: high.

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84. Makar’s Dream — V. G. Korolenko, trans. Tsotsko Ambalov (1925)

An Ossetian translation of Korolenko’s well-known story. Publisher: E. A. Gutnov (Gutnoff). Source: GARF Union Catalogue 2010, no. 3. Confidence: high.

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85. Waves of Life — Tsomak Gadiyev (1925)

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. Confidence: high.

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86. The Song of Alguz — author not named (1922)

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. Confidence: medium.

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87. The Gospel in Ossetian — author not applicable (date unknown)

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. Confidence: medium.

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88. Tear-off Calendar — author not applicable (date unknown)

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. Confidence: medium.

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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. Photographs of Spolokhi pages are from the Van Abbe Museum’s LS Collection; several book covers are from the Litfund auction house. All are reproduced with source links in accordance with scholarly citation practice.