The Soviet-Czechoslovakian Cultural Connections in the Middle of 1920s (Based on the Soviet Diplomats' Service Date-Books)

The author of the article investigates the problems of the Soviet-Czechoslovakian cultural cooperation in 1924-1928 based on the service date-books of the plenipotentiary of the USSR in Czechoslovak Republic V.A. Antonov-Ovseenko and the head of the press office of the plenipotentiary representation R.O. Jacobson. The author pays special attention to the communication of the Soviet diplomats with the Czechoslovakian scientific and cultural activists in the making of “The Society of economic and cultural rapprochement with the new Russia”, in the organization of different cultural undertakings (exhibitions and lections about the USSR, speeches of the soviet writers who have visited Czechoslovakia, publication of the magazine “Nové Rusko” and others).