The village became almost uninhabited, so much so that there was a period of 64 years without a marriage: there was a marriage in 1946 then one in 2010 which was the subject of an article in La Dépêche du Midi.
Over the years, “Booknik Shows” featured such prominent performers as Psoy Korolenko, Lev Rubinstein, Umka, Garik Osipov, “’Appy New Year,” “Der Partizaner Kish,” Alla Ioshpe and Stakhan Rakhimov, Alexander Levenbuk, and many others.
In November 2008, then-Director of Marketing Analytics Dave deBronkart received the Salesforce.com "Appy Award" for Marketing Excellence.