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ENCYCLOPEDIA<br />

OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE<br />

IN FRENCH<br />

Encyclopedia of Russian avant-garde – is the<br />

first publication of its kind, comprehensively<br />

reviewing the history and theory of the<br />

avant-garde movement in Russia, dating<br />

back to 1907-1932 by the authors. The chiefeditors,<br />

authors of the idea and leaders of the<br />

scientific and editorial work are art historians<br />

Andrey Sarabianov and Vasily Rakitin.<br />

Published in three volumes, the encyclopedia contains<br />

more than 1.200 encyclopedic articles and 4.000<br />

illustrations. The first and second volumes of the edition<br />

are devoted to biographies of participants of avant-garde<br />

movement - artists, architects, writers, playwrights,<br />

everyone who played a more or less significant role in a<br />

given context. The third volume, consisting of two books<br />

is dedicated to the history and theory: ideas, concepts,<br />

schools, exhibits and more, that are important and<br />

necessary for understanding the avant-garde art.<br />

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