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IFLI (Institut Istorii Filosofii i Literatury) originated in 1934 from the literature department of Moscow University and in 1941 it again became part of the literature department. This book is memoirs about the seven year history of this remarkable school, its students and professors. Many of them died in World War II, but the survivors became the best in Russian literature, poetry, and painting. Introduction by A. Anikst.