The book contains memoirs, essays, articles, notes recreating the appearance of the Russian "town on the Seine" of the 1900-1940s. Diaghilev seasons of the beginning of the century, "brilliant Montparnasse" of the 20-30s, military time - stages of the history of Russian Paris, description of which in the works of G. V. Adamovich, T. I. Aleksinskaya, N. N., Berberova, Z.N. Gippius, B.K. Zaitseva, S.M. Lifarya, A.S. Lurie, M. A. Osorgin, B. Yu. Poplavsky, Yu. K. Terapiano, V, F. Khodasevich, S. R. Ernst, V. S. Yanovsky and others present it as the main center of culture of the Russian diaspora. For a wide range of readers