Void galaxies in the nearby Universe. I. Sample description
  The main goal of this work is to form a large, deep and representative sample
of dwarf galaxies residing in voids of the nearby Universe. The formed sample
is the basement for the comprehensive mass study of the galaxy content, their
evolutionary status, clustering and dynamics with respect to their counterparts
residing in more typical, denser regions and for study of void small-scale
substructures. We present 25 voids over the entire sky within 25 Mpc from the
Local Group. They are defined as groups of lumped empty spheres bounded by
`luminous' galaxies with the absolute K-band magnitudes brighter than -22.0.
The identified void regions include the Local Void and other known nearby
voids. The nearest nine voids occupy a substantial part of the Local Volume. Of
the total number of 6792 cataloged galaxies in the considered volume, 1354
objects fall into 25 nearby voids. Of this general void galaxy sample, we
separate the sub-sample of `inner' void galaxies, residing deeper in voids,
with distances to the nearest luminous galaxy DNN > 2.0 Mpc. The `inner' galaxy
sample includes 1088 objects, mostly dwarfs with MB distribution peaked near
-15.0 and extending down to -7.5 mag. Of them, 195 fall in the Local Volume
(space within R=11 Mpc). We present the general statistical properties of this
Nearby Void Galaxy sample and discuss the issues related to the sample content
and the prospects of its use.
