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John M. Constantinoff was a Russian book dealer

known as "an expert antiquarian bookseller" in New York[1]

1942 - requesting books on theosophy[2]

Working in Brussels in 1908[3]

wrote for Rodnaya Rech newspaper in 1919[4]

immigrated to the United States in 1918[5] In December 1918 he was a delegate to the second annual convention of the anti-Bolshevik Federation of Russian Organizations in the America, held at Beethoven Hall in New York.[6] Constantinoff ran for chairman of the group with the support of the fraternal and religious organizations at the convention, against General Konstantin Oberuchev, (the candidate of the Mensheviks).[7]

According to Edward Kasinec, Constantinoff was "well-established in the historiography of the Russian book trade in New York", along with Israel Perlstein and George Sabo.[8]

J.M. Constantinoff Nauka

In 1914, while employed as the second carpenter on the S.S. Kroonland, he participated in the rescue operation for the SS Volturno and received a Congressional Silver Medal for his efforts.[9] He was on the first lifeboat sent to assist the ship.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zalewski, Wojciech (1984). "Reference Materials in Russian-Soviet Area Studies 1982/1983". The Russian Review. 43 (2): 167–184. ISSN 0036-0341.
  2. ^ "Books". American Bookfinder. 6: 7. 1942.
  3. ^ Zalewski, W. (2005). "Библиофил И.М. Константинов : состав и судьба его библиотеки". Актуальные проблемы теории и истории библиофильства: материалы XX Международной научной конференции. Изд-во Российской национальной библиотеки. p. 74.
  4. ^ R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1918-19 Trow New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx. R.L. Polk. 1918. p. 981.
  5. ^ Zalewski, Wojciech; Hollerbach, Evgeny (1998). Распространение русской печати в мире 1918-1939 гг. : справочник. Изд-во РНБ. p. 192. ISBN 9785719610207.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ "Anti-Bolshevik Society Makes Threat to Fight". New York Tribune. December 15, 1918. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Russians Seek End to Nation's Chaos". The New York Sun. December 14, 1918. p. 6.
  8. ^ Kasinec, Edward. "Russian Imperial and Elite Provenance Books". Solanus: 37.
  9. ^ "Presentation to Captain, Officers, and Crew S.S. Kroonland". The American Marine Engineer. 10 (1): 22. January 1915.
  10. ^ Congressional Record: Containing the proceedings and debates of the sixty-third Congress, second session. Vol. 51. 1914. p. 4787.

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