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Arans, David Lvovich Arans, David Lvovich b. May 24, 1946, a prominent bibliographer of political publications of Russian diaspora. Born in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad). Son of Lev Solomonovich Aronovsky (Лев Соломонович Ароновский), a shipbuilding engineer, and Yudif Borisovna Aronovskaia (Юдифь Борисовна Ароновская). Married to Olga Arans (nee Krasilshchikova) in 1970. Two children: Patricia Arans, b. 1984; Robert Arans b. 1987. One grandson Gary Arans-Hill, b. 2011. After graduation from Saint Petersburg State University of the Water Transportation in 1970, served in the Soviet Army in 1971; worked in the Regional Department of State Statistics; the Abrasive Tools Factory, and eventually immigrated to the USA in 1975. From 1976 to 1985 he worked at the library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while studying there in the School of Library and Information Sciences. From 1985 to 2016, he has worked at the Library of Congress. Arans’ works provide a valuable source for historians and political scientists studying Russian émigré thought.

Marriages and children
Married to Olga Arans (nee Krasilshchikova) in 1970. Two children: Patricia Arans, b. 1984; Robert Arans b. 1987. One grandson Gary Arans-Hill, b. 2011.

Publications
•	Arans, David. “A Note on the Lost Library of the Moscow Tsars.: Journal of Library History, 1983, 18 (3): pp. 304–316). (An article about the library of Ivan the Terrible, mystical set of books brought to Russia by the wedding cortege of Sophia Palaeologus.) •	Arans, David. How We Lost the Civil War: A Bibliography of Russian Emigre Memoirs on the Russian Revolution, 1917-1921. Newtonville, Mass.: Oriental Research Partners, 1988. 200 p.) (A bibliography of memoirs on the Russian Revolution.) •	Arans, David. “Русская библиография за рубежом: Опыт обзора.” Советская библиография (Soviet Bibliography), 1990, № 1, c. 141-148. (A fundamental article: "Russian Bibliography Abroad.”) •	Arans, David. Русские книги за рубежом (Russian Books Abroad): 1980-1995. Москва, ГПИБ, 2001. 471 с. (2-ed. 2002) (Prior to the collapse of the Soviet power, these publications were of great importance for the Russian historians who at the time had very limited data on the history of the Russian émigré community.) •	Arans, David. Книги русской диаспоры, 1945–1979. Москва: Русский Путь, 2020. 728 с. (Books of the Russian Diaspora. Moscow Publishing House “Russkii Put.”)