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The article deals with the soldiers' unrest in the Semyonovsky Regiment in 1820, which, according to many researchers, was a kind of "prelude" to the Decembrist uprising. After the soldiers' unrest in October 1820, the Semyonovsky Guards Regiment was disbanded and its officers were transferred to the army regiments. The article explores the causes of soldiers' and officers' dissatisfaction with the regiment's commander, Colonel F.E. Schwartz, the course of the riots in the regiment, and the behavior of the officers. In addition, the article investigates the case of Semyonovsky Regiment officers, D. Yermolaev and I. Scherbatov, accused of sympathizing with the soldiers and attempting to meet with the punished instigators of riots. The Semyonov history is considered in connection with the biography of one of its participants, the future Decembrist S.I. Murav'ev-Apostol. The article describes the events in the company commanded by Muravyov-Apostol, as well as the consequences that this "story" had for his life and career. It is concluded that by offending an innocent officer, the authorities thereby contributed to his transformation into a radical revolutionary and leader of an antigovernment conspiracy

The article deals with the everyday life of participants in secret political organizations of the 1820s, Decembrists. To characterize the generation to which the Decembrists belonged, the definition of Yuri N. Tynyanov is used: "people of the twenties". It is noted that this generation primarily belonged to young noblemen who took part in the war of 1812 and whose political views were formalized in the postwar period. The main conflict experienced by the Decembrists is formulated: between romantic ideas about life and the harsh reality of political conspiracy. The article describes the main milestones in the biography of P.I. Pestel – the head of the Southern society, one of the brightest representatives of the radical wing of the conspiracy. At the same time it is emphasized that the author of these lines has already repeatedly described his biography, and the difference in the attitude of critics to the assessments made by the author and to Pestel's personality is revealed. It is formulated that this difference is due to the difference in attitude towards Pestel of his contemporaries. The political confrontation between Pestel and the representative of the "liberal wing" of the conspirators, I.G. Burtsov, is analyzed. It describes Pestel's opponent, his attitude to the problem of interaction between society and the authorities, and his activity in secret society. The conclusion is made that it is impossible for Burtsov's "line" to defeat Pestel's "line" under specific historical conditions of the 1820s.

The article is about the history of the failed marriage of the Decembrist M.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin to the niece of another Decembrist, V.L. Davydov – Ekaterina Borozdina ("mademoiselle Catherine"). The author assesses Bestuzhev-Rjumin's role in the Southern Decembrists Society and his propaganda abilities. The author also analyses documents describing the course of that love story and the reasons why the marriage did not take place. The main emphasis is placed on the disastrous consequences that BestuzhevRyumin's refusal to marry had for the fate of the Decembrist conspiracy.

The article is the fourth in a series of publications devoted to the biography and journalistic work of N.A. Logunova the Russian emigrant writer. It deals with the first years of her adult life in Odessa, the beginning of her literary career and the activities of the literary circle "The Green Lamp" (Zelenaya lampa). The authors focus on the first steps in the literature of the later famous Soviet writers and journalists V.P. Kataev, I.E. Babel, E.G. Bagritsky, Y.K. Olesha, etc., their first publications in the Odessa periodicals and their public speeches. In addition, it is about, one might say, a particular lifestyle of Odessa writers, formed under the influence of the cultural specifics of their home-city. Logunova tells in detail about the life of Eduard Bagritsky, who loved birds and was indifferent to the conveniences of life, describes the methods of Babel's literary work, who from his youth aspired to the maximum saturation of his prose, literally honing every phrase, removing everything that he considered optional. The article also characterizes methods used by Odessa writers for adaptation to the new – Soviet – conditions of literary life, fundamentally different from the pre-Soviet – political situation.

This article is the third in a series of publications devoted to the biography and journalistic work of the Russian emigrant writer N.A. Logunova. The article describes the place of Odessa in her work, analyzes her journalistic work "We are from Odessa", published in the emigrant press in the second half of 1950s. It is assumed that the authors of the article in the future will continue publishing and commenting Logunova's journalistic texts about Odessa.

The article deals with the memoirs of Natalia Apollinarievna Ivanova, married Logunova (1903–1972), a Russian journalist and writer who emigrated to the United States in the 1940s. The author analyzes the first part of her memoirs from the Columbia University Archives, covering her childhood and adolescence in pre-revolutionary Odessa. It is about the family of the memoirist, her gymnasium years, the first literary experiences, attempts to publish her first works. In addition, the historical events of the early twentieth century, which Logunova reflects on, and their impact on the life of the memoirist and her loved ones, are analyzed.