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Nina Berberova - representative of the first wave of Russian emigration - is known primarilyas the author of the famous autobiography Kursiv moj. The Berbberova’s prose of the 20’s and30’s was made the main topic of this article, in which the writer referred to the tradition of Russian literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Berberova’s compositions were analyzed todescribe the daily life of Russian emigrants in France: Bijankurskije prazdniki, Poslednije i pervyje, Povelitelnica, Bez zakata.