Category Archives: soviet

The Stolen Sun – Kornei Chukovsky

In this post, we will see the illustrated children’s book The Stolen Sun by Kornei Chukovsky. In the book, a crocodile steals the Sun, which is then brought back by a bear. The book is beautifully illustrated: The book was translated … Continue reading

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Sister Fox And The Rolling Pin

In this post, we will see the children’s illustrated book titled Sister Fox And The Rolling Pin based on a Russian folk tale translated by Michelle MacGrath. As usual, the book is lavishly and beautifully illustrated. Here are some snippets: The book … Continue reading

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The Little Humpbacked Horse – Yershov

In this post, we will see the children’s book The Little Humpbacked Horse by P. Yershov. This is an illustrated children’s book set in verse with some amazing drawings. The book was translated from the Russian by Louis Zellikoff and was published … Continue reading

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Who’s The Strongest? – Suslov

In this post, we will see the children’s book Who’s The Strongest by Valery Suslov. This is a short (20 pages) illustrated children’s book, which tells us how using design and technology humans are the strongest animals on the planet. The … Continue reading

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A History of India Volumes 1 and 2 – Antonova, Bongard-Levin, Kotovsky

In this post, we will see two volumes of the book A History of India by  K. Antonova, G.  Bongard-Levin, and G. Kotovsky. About the books: Soviet historians compiled and published a four-volume History of India in 1959-1969 which was well received … Continue reading

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Can Man Change The Climate? – Borisov

In this post, we will see the book Can Man Change The Climate? by P. Borisov. About the book: This book examines the ways to solve the very important problem of improving the climate and reducing agriculture’s dependence on Nature … Continue reading

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A Simple Non-Euclidean Geometry And Its Physical Basis – Yaglom

In this post, we will see the book A simple non-Euclidean geometry and its physical basis: an elementary account of Galilean geometry and the Galilean principle of relativity by I. M. Yaglom. This book is remarkable in that it relies only on … Continue reading

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Plasma Physics – Kadomtsev (Ed.)

In this post, we will see the book Plasma Physics edited by B. B. Kadomtsev. About the book This collection contains articles both original and already published in the Soviet Union in 1979-80, written by well-known Soviet scientists and devoted … Continue reading

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The Earth in the Universe – Fedynskii (Ed.)

In this post, we will see the book The Earth In The Universe edited by V. V. Fedynskii. About the book: The space age was initiated on 4 October 1957, when the first Soviet artificial satellite was launched. Then, between 1961 and … Continue reading

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Fundamentals of Physics – Ivanov

In this post, we will see the book Fundamentals of Physics by B. N. Ivanov. About the book: The book being of­fered by the author differs from other existing books on the subject in its nontraditional approach to the course of phys­ics. … Continue reading

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