Correspondence of the Japanologist Serge Elisseeff with the Seminarium/Institute Kondakovianumin Prague in 1930-1932 (on the documents of the Archives of the Institute of the History of Arts, Czech RepublicanAcademy of Sciences)
The article deals with the creation of the Seminarium Kondakovianum in Prague in 1925, which was founded by the Russian historians-emigrants. In 1932, it was reorganized into the scientific governmental Archaeological Institute named after N.P. Kondakov. It became the most important academic center of Byzantine studies in Europe. A few letters from Serge Elisseeff to the administration of the Seminarium/Institute are published. His participation in the activities of this scientific institution is shown.