Chronicle of the Life and Work of I.S. Turgenev (Letopis' zhizni i tvorchestva I.S. Turgeneva), 1934. In Russian

Клеман М. К. Летопись жизни и творчества И. С. Тургенева. / Под общ. ред. В. Полянского. (Серия: Литературоведение и литературные пособия).
Москва ; Ленинград : ACADEMIA, 1934.
374 с. + 15 вкл. л. ил. Твердый издательский переплет, увеличенный формат. Тираж 3300 экз.
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Kleman, M. K. Chronicle of the Life and Work of I.S. Turgenev (Letopis' zhizni i tvorchestva I.S. Turgeneva). / General Editor: V. Polyansky. (Series: Literary Studies and Literary Aids).
Moscow; Leningrad: ACADEMIA, 1934.
374 pp. + 15 inserted plates of illustrations. Hardcover, enlarged format. Print run: 3,300 copies.

This 1934 volume is a cornerstone of Turgenev scholarship, published by the prestigious Academia publishing house during its most productive decade. Compiled by the renowned literary historian Mikhail Kleman, the "Chronicle" provides a rigorous, day-by-day reconstruction of the life and creative evolution of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883). It serves as an indispensable reference tool for understanding the "European Russian"—the man who bridged the gap between the Russian literary tradition and the Western intellectual elite.
The book meticulously documents the genesis of Turgenev's masterpieces, including A Sportsman’s Sketches, Rudin, A Nest of Gentlefolk, and the controversial Fathers and Sons. Kleman goes beyond mere biography, mapping Turgenev's complex relationships with figures like Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, Pauline Viardot, and his contemporaries Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Every significant letter, public speech, and journey between his estate at Spasskoye-Lutovinovo and the literary salons of Paris and Baden-Baden is recorded here.
Enhanced by 15 high-quality inserted plates featuring portraits and rare photographs, this edition is as much an aesthetic object as a scholarly one. Academia was known for its superior book design and editorial standards, and this volume is no exception. With a modest print run of only 3,300 copies, it has become a significant bibliographical rarity, highly sought after by collectors of Turgeneviana and those specializing in the history of Russian literature and 1930s academic book art.