Rene Gil as Valery Bryusov . Correspondence. 19041915 / Compilation, subg. text, introduction. article, note. R. Dubrovkina; translated from French by R. Dubrovkina, I. Grigorieva, E. Smagina-Varon; podg. French text P. -And. Muller. — SPb. : Academic Project, 2004. — 512 s. — ISBN 5-7331-0300-0 . For the history of Russian symbolism, the undertaken P. is of inestimable importance. Dubrovkin's publication of the correspondence between Bryusov and Gil, revealing many of the hidden details and circumstances in the history of Russian-French literary ties, showing the origins and roots of the search for Bryusov himself in the "post-symbolic" period of his work The publication of such an extensive (more than a hundred letters) and substantial array of documents is an extraordinary event even for our time. A detailed commentary, a detailed introductory article reveal the living life of a culture with unsatisfied ambitions, intentional distortions of perspective, self-modeling and reversal of tradition. This publication is important not only for an adequate and comprehensive understanding of the cultural processes that took place in Russia at the beginning of the century, but also for their correlation with the processes that took place in Europe, primarily in France.