This is the first volume in the series Unforgotten Voices of Russia. It contains printed versions of the public presentations (lectures, linguistic parodies, conversations, memoirs, etc.) of outstanding Russian philologists: R. Avanesov, S. Bondi, A. Evgen"eva, R. Iakobson, A. Isachenko, I. Il"inskaia, V. Levin, A. Reformatskii, V. Sidorov, O. Trubachev, D. Ushakov, V. Vinogradov, T. Vinokur, and S. Vygotskii. The publication is accompanied by a CD with audio excerpts of the presentations. Index.