The article examines the mindset in the Russian emigrant environment in the 20–30s of the XXth century. Public opinion in interwar Europe was characterized by an increased interest in issues of war and peace, which was inevitably translated into the information and cultural space of emigrant communities. The majority of representatives of the emigrant political elite, regardless of ideological attitudes, predicted the inevitability of another world war, pointed to the instability of the socio-political order formed by the victorious countries after the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles. During the discussion that unfolded among the emigrants, attempts were made to identify the place and role of the “USSR-Russia” in the upcoming global conflict. This topic gained increased attention after the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933.