[Signed by the artist]. Pro Oleney. [About Deers].

Signed and inscribed by the illustrator: "Inne Shmelevoy na dobruy pamyat' / ot Maya. / 67." [To Inna Shmeleva to remember from May 67.].

This book is about the trip to Tuva (in southern Siberia) and Tuvans' everyday life and wild life.

It was illustrated by May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008), an artist, nephew of futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov and son of avant-garde artist Vera Khlebnikova. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where later he taught. In 2005 Mirutich was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The author of this book Gennadiy Snegirev and Miturich were friends, and they traveled together to the Commander Islands, Tuva and the Central Asia.


The book was signed to an artist and Miturich's friend Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period called as the Khrushchev Thaw.

Second edition of these illustrations.

We couldn't locate any copy of any edition of this book in the US libraries via OCLC.
OCLC locates one copy of this edition only: in the Roma National Central Library.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has one copy of the first edition.