1902 M: Mikhail Osipovich Menshikov (1902) - The first textual reference to
the Protocols, in an article in the newspaper Novoye Vremya; claims that they were
stolen by a "French journalist" in Nice, and quotes a line.[1]
1903
In Russian, in the newspaper Znamya. 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. 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).[1]
1904
L: Hippolytus Lutostansky - 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.]
This version claims, bizarrely, that the Protocols date to 929 B.C.[2]
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. [from old catalog]
Main Title: Bliz gri͡adushchīĭ Antikhrĭst.
Published/Created: 1911.
Description: 168 p. illus. 23 cm.
Notes: Romanized.
Subjects: Antichrist. [from 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" [1 of 2 in series]
Public Ledger (Philadelphia) [Front Page, Continued on Page 10, Column 2]
October 27, 1919
Reds Plot to Smash World and Then Rule with Universal Czar [2 of 2 in series]
Public Ledger (Philadelphia) [Front 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 [microform]: including a translation and analysis of the Protocols of the meetings of the Zionist men of wisdom.
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: [2], vi, 96 p.; 22 cm.
Notes: Translation of S. Nilus' book: Velikoe v malom [title romanized] published at Tsarkoye selo, 1905, in which the Protocols were published for the first time.