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The article discusses a September 2009 conference in Moscow, Russia, of the Rudimino Library for Foreign Literature and the State Library of Berlin, Germany, that produced a joint declaration on the sharing and publication of documents displaced and/or looted in World War II. Projects are described to make the documentation available virtually to both Russian and German scholars and to create joint exhibitions and research scholarship programs.

The article discusses the Russo-Japanese war in the context of the emergence of Japonisme. The author provides an in depth analysis of the impact of the war on Russian art and literature. He examines how the war manifested itself in Russian cultural consciousness on the domestic front. The nationalist response to the belligerent colonialist expansion of Russia in the Far East is discussed. Studies that investigate the causes and military operations of the war are highlighted. These include papers by writers Petr Vykhodtsev, Paul Bushkovitch, and Barbara Heldt.

The article presents the authors' views on Russia's socioeconomic development, in reference to the impact of several wars in its history and the role of the country's development in the world. They state that all wars, whether large or small, have affected Russia's internal and external development. They remark that several past military actions have put an extremely strenuous effort on the economy of the country, putting its demand on sciences, culture, arts, literature and people's intellect.

The article presents an overview of works on contemporary war literature in Russia. Poet Sergei Mikhailov writes the poem "The Six of Them Went Off to War" that gives the readers illusions, ornaments and renders a state that war is clearly presented. Prose writer Aleksandr Karasev writes stories to pave his path as his latest pieces are set in civilian life but still focus on the image of officers like "The Chess Queen."