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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' is a fabricated text purporting to detail a Jewish plot for global domination. Largely plagiarized from several earlier sources, it was first published in Imperial Russia in 1903, translated into multip ...

'', an antisemitic forgery purporting to describe a Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination. For recent editions, see

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1902 M: Mikhail Osipovich Menshikov (1902) - The first textual reference to the Protocols, in an article in the newspaper ''

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''; claims that they were stolen by a "French journalist" in Nice, and quotes a line.

1903

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, in the newspaper ''

Znamya ''Znamya'' ( rus, Знамя, p=ˈznamʲə, a=Ru-знамя.ogg, lit. "The Banner") is a Russian monthly literary magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931–1932, the magazine was published under the name of ''Lokaf'' ("Лок ...

''. The headline in the newspaper was ''Programa zavoevanija mira evrejami'' (''The Jewish Programme to Conquer the World''). The title of ''The Protocols'' (purported) itself was ''The Protocols of the Sessions of the "World Alliance of Freemasons and of the Sages of Zion"''. The publisher was

Pavel Krushevan Pavel Aleksandrovich Krushevan (; ) ( – ) was a journalist, editor, publisher and an official in Imperial Russia. He was an active Black Hundredist and known for his far-right, ultra-nationalist and openly antisemitic views. He was the fir ...

. Publication was in nine issues of the newspaper, from No. 190 through No. 197 and No. 200, from August to September (old style) or in September (new style).

1904

Hippolytus Lutostansky Hippolytus Lutostansky (1835–1915), also transliterated as Lutostanski, Liutostanskii, J. J. Ljutostanski, Ippolit Iosifovich Lutostanskiĭ; Polish language, Polish: Hipolit Lutostański, was a former Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic ...

- A direct quote of above edition; no revision, but useful chronological evidence.

1905

Великое въ маломъ и антихристъ (''Velikoe v' malom' i antikhrist' ''), 'The Great within the Minuscule and Antichrist'', trans. 1905 Ch

:kak blizkaia politicheskaia vozmozhnost. Zapiski pravoslavnago. :by Sergiei Nilus, 1862–1930. :Edition 2. izd., ispr. i dop. :Imprint TSarskoe Selo, Tip. TSarskoselskago Komiteta Krasnago Kresta, 1905. :Description 417 p.

1906

* :''Vragi roda cheloviecheskago'' (romanized title) :(Title translation: ''Enemies of the Human Race'') :Related name (anonymous editor): G. Butmi. :LC Uniform Title: ''Protocols of the wise men of Zion'' :(St. Petersberg: Soiuz russkogo naroda, 1906) :p. x, 88 24 cm. :LC Classification: DS141 .B97 1906 This version claims, bizarrely, that the ''Protocols'' date to 929 B.C. In 2020 the russian historian Ljubov’ Vladimirovna Ul’Janova-Bibikova found a typescript version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the manuscripts collections of the Moscow Central Library. The copy included manscript additions of terms and corrections found in the 1906 version edited by Georgy Butmi. The handwriting is similar to other manuscripts written by Butmi. This typescript copy confirms that the Protocols were written at least in part in Russia, and were not completely written or translated in France.

Cesare G. De Michelis Cesare G. De Michelis (born 20 April 1944 in Rome) is a scholar and professor of Russian literature at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Biography He is also an authority on the notorious plagiarism, hoax, and literary forgery known as ...

has signalled the importance of the discovery of this typescript.

1911

*Library of Congress catalog card: :LC Control No.: 75554498 :Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) :Personal Name: Nilus, Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich, 1862-1930. rom old catalog:Main Title: Bliz gri͡adushchīĭ Antikhrĭst. :Published/Created: 1911. :Description: 168 p. illus. 23 cm. :Notes: Romanized. :Subjects: Antichrist. rom old catalog:Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkovʹ--Doctrinal and controversial works. :LC Classification: BT985 .N54 ::Second Nilus Russian language edition

1912

*1912 3rd ed. Serge Nilus imprint

1917

*1917 4th ed. Serge Nilus imprint that was the source of the USA translations published in 1920.

In the United States

1919

:''Red "Bible"'' of 2 in series:''Public Ledger (Philadelphia)'' ront Page, Continued on Page 10, Column 2:October 27, 1919 : :''Reds Plot to Smash World and Then Rule with Universal Czar'' of 2 in series:''Public Ledger (Philadelphia)'' ront Page, Continued on Page 12, Column 2:October 28, 1919

1920.1

*Library of Congress card catalog: :LC Control No.: 83198259 :Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) :Uniform Title: Protocols of the wise men of Zion. :Main Title: The Protocols and world revolution icroform including a translation and analysis of the Protocols of the meetings of the Zionist men of wisdom. :Published/Created: Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., c1920. :Related Names: Nilus, Sergi͡eĭ, 1862-1930. :Description: 149 p.; 22 cm. :Notes: "Based on a work by Sergi͡eĭ Nilus published in 1905 at Tsarskoje Selo"--Introd. :Call number of original: DS145.P5 1920. :Master microform held by: DLC. :Additional Formats: Microfilm. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1983. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm. :LC Classification: Microfilm 83/612 (D) * First American edition

1920.2

*Library of Congress catalog card: :LC Control No.: 21001311 :Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) :Uniform Title: "Protocols of the wise men of Zion." rom old catalog :Main Title: ''Præmonitus præmunitus.'' ::''The protocols of the wise men of Zion'', ::tr. from the Russian to the English language for the information of all true Americans ::& to confound enemies of democracy & the republic, ::also to demonstrate the possible fulfillment of Biblical prophecy as to world domination by the Chosen people. :Published/Created: New York, The Beckwith company, 1920. :Related Names: Nilus, Serg-Y-Eief. rom old catalog:Description: 2 p.l., iii-vii 165 p. front., 4 facsim. 21 cm. :Subjects: Jews. :Communism. :LC Classification: DS145 .P5 1920a :Second American Edition

1920.3

'' The International Jew: The World's Problem'' :''(

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)''

1920–1922.4

''The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem (Volume 1)'' (1920) ''Jewish Activities in the United States (Volume 2)'' (1921) ''Jewish Influence in American Life (Volume 3)'' (1921) ''Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States (Volume 4)'' (1922)

1934

:''United We Fall, Divided We Stand'' :''The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion'' :Translated from the Russian by Victor E. Marsden :Formerly Russian Correspondent of "

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" :With Preface and Explanatory Notes. :(Chicago: The Patriotic Publishing Co., 1934)

In Britain

1920

*Library of Congress card catalog: :LC Control No.: 21001691 :Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) :Uniform Title: Protocols of the wise men of Zion. :Main Title: The Jewish peril: protocols of the learned elders of Zion. :Edition Information: Second edition. :Published/Created: London: Published by "The Britons," 62 Oxford Street, 1920. :Related Names: Nilus, Sergi͡eĭ, 1862-1930. :Britons. :Description: vi, 96 p.; 22 cm. :Notes: Translation of S. Nilus' book: Velikoe v malom itle romanizedpublished at Tsarkoye selo, 1905, in which the Protocols were published for the first time. :Subjects: Antisemitism. :LC Classification: DS145 .P5 1920c :Other System No.: (OCoLC)13679570 :Quality Code: premarc *First British Edition, trans.

George Shanks George Shanks (1896–1957) was an expatriate British people, Briton born in Moscow and was the first translator of ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Protocols of Zion'' from Russian into English. He was also a founding member of Radio Norma ...

1920.5

''The Cause of World Unrest'' :Related name: ed. & intro.

Howell Arthur Gwynne Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne, CH (3 September 1865 – 26 June 1950) was a Welsh author, newspaper editor of the London ''Morning Post'' from 1911 to 1937. Early life He was the son of Richard Gwynne, a schoolmaster and his wife Charlotte Lloyd ...

:At the

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: :LC Control No.: 20019293 :Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) :Main Title: The cause of world unrest; with an introduction by the editor of "The Morning post." :Published/Created: London, G. Richards, ltd., 1920. :Description: 269, p. 20 cm. :Notes: "The main outline of the contents of this book is, in brief, :that there has been for centuries a hidden conspiracy, chiefly Jewish, :whose objects have been and are to produce :revolution, communism and anarchy."--Pref. :Subjects: Freemasons. :::Jewish question. :::Communism. :LC Classification: DS141 .C25 1920 :Other System No.: (OCoLC)4811891

1923

''Protocols of the meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion '' :Author: Victor E. Marsden, Victor E. Marsden :Language: English :Place of publication: London :Publisher: The Britons :Year of publication: 1923 ''Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion'' :Translated from the Russian Text by Victor E. Marsden :(London: The Britons, 1923) :: Singerman annotation: The Marsden translation has become the standard English Text.

1958

''World Conquest Through World Government: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion'' The earliest imprint in the

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is as follows: :System number 002659964 :Author – personal NILUS, Sergei Aleksandrovich. :Title ''World Conquest through World Government. The protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.'' :Translated ... by Victor E. Marsden, etc. (Eighty-first impression.). :Publisher/year pp. 104.

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: London, 1958.

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In the
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...