Publications
"Artist" magazine 1968 N5
Article by Nikolai Smirnov "The World of Poetry and Beauty" (about Boticelli and his time) pages 46-57
"Artist" magazine 1969 N12
Article by Nikolai Smirnov "Youth always" about August Renoir art and life pages 53-55
Catalogue of the Exhibition "Paintings" by twenty artists
Moscow, Exhibition Hall on Malaya Gruzinskaya. March 1978
Ogoniok magazine. Article by Leonid Shishkin
"Historical Still-lives by Nikolai Smirnov" article by Leonid Shishkin. Ogoniok lifestyle magazine N21, May 1987
Catalogue of the exhibition
"La Passion des apparences"
Paris, Galerie Gismondi. 12 Artistes Autour du Trompe-L'Oieil. Exhibition. 20 January - 12 March 1988
Habsburg Feldman Fine art Auctioneers' Soviet Contemporary Art Sale catalogue
Soviet Contemporary Art. The Property of Kniga Collection, Paris, auction catalogue. New York . 5 May 1990. N. Smirnov's paintings illustrated - lots 103 and 104
Creativity (Tvorchestvo) magazine
Article by Vera Alekseeva
Creativity magazine N10, 1991. Article "Nikolai Smirnov's Illusions" by Vera Alekseeva
Novaya Niva magazine. Interview with the artist
Novaya Niva Magazine. N 1, 1992 "Overheard talks. Paintings or the Artist's Life" Interview with N.Smirnov
President magazine. Article by Tatiana Baidakova
President magazine N1, 1994. Article "Meeting Point can't be changed". Article by Tatiana Baidakova
Red Book of Culture. Sciences Academy of the USSR. Edited by V. Rabinovitch. Iskusstvo publishers. 1998.
Article "Historical Still lifes by Nikolai Smirnov" by Aleksander Yakimovich
Faces (Litsa) magazine. Article
Faces (Litsa) lifestyle magazine March, 1999. Article "Nikolai Smirnov.
Speech development. School book Article by E.N.Kolokoltsev
Speech Development 8-9 classes. School Book. Moscow. Drofa . 2000. Author E.N. Kolokoltsev. Article about N.Smirnov and illustration pages 94-97
UpArtDesign magazine. Article
UpArtDesign magazine N2-3, 2001. Article "Doll is a symbol of time"
Nikolai Smirnov. Eternal Return.
The State Russian Museum. S.Petersburg. Palace editions. Exhibition catalogue. 2010. Articles by A.Borovsky, E.Rudenko, L.Shishkin.
"Artist" magazine 1968 N12
Article by Nikolai Smirnov "Bruegel de Oude" pages 37-50
book "Renoir. Image and Colour" by Nikolai Smirnov
Fine Art Publishing House. 1972
Catalogue of Contemporary Soviet Paintings exhibition, Essen
Exhibtion Hall at Ferrostal Company in Essen, Germany. Summer 1986
MK at the world of books monthly magazine. Article by Elena Plakhova
MK magazine N4, 1987. Article "Nikolai Smirnov. Proud footprints" by Elena Plakhova
Domingo Hoy magazine. Article by Marina Khachaturova
Domingo Hoy magazine. La Pas, N205, 5, November 1989. Article "El Mundo de los Objetos de Nicolai Smirnov". Article by Marina Khachaturova
Family and school. Semya and shkola magazine. Article by
Family and School magazine N4, 1991. Article "Nikolai Smirnov. Culture is my sanctuary, my home" by
Exlibris for every day. magazine. Illustrated with Nikolai Smirnov's paintings
Exlibris for every day. Magazine 1991.
Nikolay Smirnov. painting
Catalogue of Nikolai Smirnov's works by Fine Art Enterprise M'Ars. Museum. Art Gallery. Publishing House. Moscow. 1992
Motherland (otchizna) magazine. Article by Tatiana Basova
Magazine N9, 1998. Article "All the Best Memories" by Tatiana Basova
Yat' magazine. Illustrated with N.Smirnov's painting
Yat' magazine. February, 1999. Illustrated with N.Smirnov's painting
Catalogue of Art Fair at the Central House of Artists. March 1999
Smirnov's works illustrated at the catalogue within the Cultural Centre "New testament Arc
Speech development. School book by E.N.Kolokoltsev
Speech Development 5-7 classes. School Book. Moscow. Drofa . 2000. Author E.N. Kolokoltsev. Article about N.Smirnov and illustration pages 94-95
Malaya Gruzinskaya, 28. Book by A.K. Florkovskaya. 2009
Malaya Gruzinskaya,28. Book, Moscow. Monuments of Historical Thought. 2009. Author A.K. Florkovskaya
Christie's Contemporary Russian Art Gala charity auction
Crisite's Contemporary Russian Art Gala Charity Auction. S.Petersburg. 2 July 2010. N.Smirnov's paintings illustrated - Lots 14 and 15