1. Conseil de direction, ‘Notre programme’, Le Monde slave, no. 1 (November 1924) p. 7.
2. André Mazon, ‘Slavonic studies in France’, The Slavonic and East European Review, vol. XXV, no. 64 (November 1946) p. 210.
3. J. Bonamour, ‘Soviet and East European Studies in France’, in A. Buchholz (ed.), Soviet and East European Studies in the International Framework — Organization, Financing and Political Relevance (New York: Transnational Publishers, 1982) p. 51.
4. The reasons why Denis felt so strongly about ending the publication of his periodical were summarised as follows by Eisenmann and his collaborators: ‘it is out of decency … out of fear of undermining a just cause by continuing to plead it when circumstances play so strongly against it. Such a defence would not only be bound to be inefficient, but would also appear as an act of awkward provocation. Freed from the domination of the new masters of Russia, German armies are preparing for the final assault on France; would it have been the right time in France … to demonstrate the necessity and benefits of the French-Slavic solidarity?’ See Conseil de direction, Le Monde slave, no. 1 (November 1924) p. 3.
5. Alfred Fichelle, ‘Origines et développement de l’Institut d’études slaves (1919–1949)’, Revue des études slaves, vol. 27 (1951) p. 96.