person of the week №1 27.04.1995 (1995)

Rene Guerra calls himself not a collector, but a gatherer.

He perceives Russia as his native home.

He tells how he assimilates in the country, gets to know the people and customs.

In the 60s, in the 90s, he came to Moscow State University for an internship.

But he was expelled from the Soviet Union due to ideological "sabotage".

Rene Guerra is a recognized specialist in Russian culture abroad.

He collected a huge collection of cultural and art objects taken out of Russia after the 1917 revolution.

He tells why he began to study Russian since childhood.

How he became acquainted with Russian culture.

The attitude of representatives of the Russian emigration to the French.

Rene Guerra tells how colleagues did not share his views and passions.

Chronicle of France at the beginning of the 20th century: Travel along the Seine River.

The Eiffel Tower.

Ball: ladies and gentlemen dance in the hall.

Representatives of high society gather for ceremonial events.

Soviet posters with proletarian slogans and quotes from Mayakovsky.

René Guerra talks about the duplicity of some representatives of the Soviet school who are now trying to deal with the issues of Russian émigrés who expressed disagreement with the communist regime that came to power.

Video: René Guerra organized an exhibition in Moscow of works by Russian émigré artists he had collected.