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Magnitogorsk.
by Mislavskiy, Nikolay
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- In good condition, slightly wear to the spine and edges, small cracks on the edges, owner’s mark on the title page.
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50000 copies were printed.
This children's photobook tells the history of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant and gives an overview of the manufacturing process at the plant. It also includes a small article about the hard everyday life of American laborers and the unemployment rate in America.
Magnitogorsk, an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, was established in 1929 and modeled after two of the most advanced steel-producing cities in the US at that time: Gary and Pittsburgh. Since 1931 several hundred foreign specialists arrived to manage the work, including a team of architects headed by Ernst May. In 1937 foreigners were obliged to leave, and Magnitogorsk was declared a closed city.
The author, Nikolay Mislavskiy (1903-1974), worked in the Leninist Communist Youth Union and the Institute of Red Professors. He was twice arrested and exiled. After that, his books were put in libraries' special storage spetskhran till 1963.
The Udarnaya Kniga for Soviet Children, 2010. P. 92.
OCLC locates three copies of this edition: in the University of Chicago, the New York Public Library and te Stanford University Library.
This children's photobook tells the history of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant and gives an overview of the manufacturing process at the plant. It also includes a small article about the hard everyday life of American laborers and the unemployment rate in America.
Magnitogorsk, an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, was established in 1929 and modeled after two of the most advanced steel-producing cities in the US at that time: Gary and Pittsburgh. Since 1931 several hundred foreign specialists arrived to manage the work, including a team of architects headed by Ernst May. In 1937 foreigners were obliged to leave, and Magnitogorsk was declared a closed city.
The author, Nikolay Mislavskiy (1903-1974), worked in the Leninist Communist Youth Union and the Institute of Red Professors. He was twice arrested and exiled. After that, his books were put in libraries' special storage spetskhran till 1963.
The Udarnaya Kniga for Soviet Children, 2010. P. 92.
OCLC locates three copies of this edition: in the University of Chicago, the New York Public Library and te Stanford University Library.
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- Bookseller
- Biblionne
(RS)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5976
- Title
- Magnitogorsk.
- Author
- Mislavskiy, Nikolay
- Format/Binding
- In original illustrated wrappers with photomontage.
- Book Condition
- Used - In good condition, slightly wear to the spine and edges, small cracks on the edges, owner’s mark on the title page.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Molodaya gvardiya
- Place of Publication
- [Moscow]
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- 31, [1] pp., ill.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Banned books; Children books; Photobook for youths;
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We relocated our business and now work at Sremska Mitrovica, in Serbia, and we love books as much as you do.
We specialize in rare XX century Russian editions and Russian Emigre literature, primarily in Russian translations, First editions, Banned books, Economics, Politics, History, Art, Children`s books and History of Science.
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As for other news, Biblionne are very pleased to present a selective list of the illustrated children's books of the Soviet Union 1960-1970s. The books come from a personal collection of the Russian artist Irina Shmeleyova. We let ourselves to pick out those editions that give you a full and accurate understanding of the Russian children`s book of the Khrushchev Thaw era.
We specialize in rare XX century Russian editions and Russian Emigre literature, primarily in Russian translations, First editions, Banned books, Economics, Politics, History, Art, Children`s books and History of Science.
Do not hesitate to ask us for rare Russian books you are looking for. We will help you to find them.
As for other news, Biblionne are very pleased to present a selective list of the illustrated children's books of the Soviet Union 1960-1970s. The books come from a personal collection of the Russian artist Irina Shmeleyova. We let ourselves to pick out those editions that give you a full and accurate understanding of the Russian children`s book of the Khrushchev Thaw era.
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