Russian-German crossroads: one sketch about I.P. Ladyzhnikov’s publishing house

The publication introduces a document identified in the collection of B.N. Rubinstein at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. The cited sketch, written in a friendly manner on the occasion of celebrating the 15th birthday of I.P. Ladyzhnikov’s publishing house in Berlin, describes several important episodes of the work of Russia’s commercial firm abroad (at the time), which was closely associated with the underground activities of the RSDLP’s Bolshevik faction. The author provides an overview of the history of I.P. Ladyzhnikov’s publishing house, as well as certain facts to prove that this sketch is a reliable historical source.