Search Results: WWII from Biblionne

N.p., [ca 1942-1950s?].
Photo of besieged Leningrad are very rare.
During the WWII Aleksandr Brodsky (1903-1984), an officer, photojournalist and poet Joseph Brodsky's father, was a press photographer for the army newspapers at the Leningrad front and served tours of duty in several hot battles. Most likely, this photo was taken in the Fort Reef in Kronshtadt. The main bases of Leningrad/Kronshtadt were under siege from 1942 to the autumn 1944. The coastal forces had to try to keep the route from Kronshtadt to the advanced base of Lavansaari open and to defend them from German-Finnish intrusions.
After the war Aleksandr Brodsky served at the Leningrad Naval Museum. 'In 1948, Zhdanov signed a law that forbade officers of Jewish origin to hold high positions in the Soviet Navy. It was a secret law, you could not read about it in newspapers – but it was the law all right. Aleksandr Ivanovich was discharged from the Navy without a pension and for the rest of his life… Read More

Rare wartime edition. The book was signed for print on April 25, 1943.One of 20 000 copies published.Katya, a small girl, shows two untidy teddy bears how to keep house and care for their health with baths, tooth-brushing, callisthenics, good food, sleep and wholesome outdoor activities. This unique edition was issued by People's Commissariat for Health. It's illustrated with photographs of doll and two teddy bears. They were created by the revolutionary activist and later filmstrip creator Vera Arnol'd (1877-1963).OCLC locates one copy of this edition only: in the Princeton University Library.

London, Williams, Lea & Co., 1945.Signed and inscribed by the author: 'To Madame Buchueva / with greetings from / Clementine S. Churchill / November 1945'.
Baroness Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), a chairwoman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund (1941-1946), arrived in Moscow on April, 2 1945. Her visit, the whole month and a half, took place during the Red Army's offensive operations. Until now, historians are puzzled why Clementine spent so long in the Soviet Union.
Her trip was full of visits to hospitals, factories, children's homes. She met with Joseph Stalin. Meeting the Victory Day in Moscow, Mrs. Churchill spoke on the Moscow radio with an open message from Winston Churchill.
Issued immediately upon her return to Britain, the English version of the booklet My Visit to Russia was distributed throughout Britain, North America and Australia at a price of one shilling. It was printed using cheap materials. In contrast, the Russian edition was printed 'on high quality photographic… Read More

Shankhai, Epokha, 1943.One of 400 numbered copies printed. Our copy is #112. Rare and unusual Akhmatova's and Pasternak's publications. This poetry anthology was prepared by a sinologist Vladimir Rogov (1906-1988), who worked at the Chinese Eastern Railway and was a press correspondent for TASS in China since 1937. He also participated in creation of Shidai/Epokha pro-Soviet publishing house in Shanghai. In February 1942 the Japanese started to arrest many foreign journalists, businessmen, and police officers. This anthology was issued in February 1943 and Rogov was forced to return to Moscow in April. The books include war poetry of well-known contemporary Soviet authors like Konstantin Simonov, Vera Inber, Samuil Marshak, Sergey Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, all their names appeared in the Rogov's preface. But this anthology is mostly interesting for publishing verses by Boris Pasternak (four poems) and Anna Akhmatova (four poems, not two as noticed at Content page, including Kliatva and Kopai,… Read More

One of 700 to 800 copies printed. Extremely rare. The collection includes playbills for operas (Eugene Onegin – 27 December 1941; Aida – 21 April 1942; La Traviata – 8 October 1942, 25 June 1943) and Swan Lake ballet (12 April 1942, 31 July 1942, 26 February 1943). They were performed by the Bolshoi Theatre during the evacuation in Kuybyshev (now Samara). On 22 October 1941 a bomb fell on the Bolshoi Theatre building. The reconstruction took two years and the theatre had again opened its doors to the public only in September 1943.One of the most well-known stars of Russian opera Ivan Kozlovsky wrote that La Traviata and Eugene Onegin became the first performances of the Bolshoi Theatre in Kuybyshev (December 1941; previously only extracts). Swan Lake was the first ballet performed at the evacuation (December 14, 1941).

Rare wartime issues.One of 7 000 copies (each one) printed. These issues were published during the siege of Leningrad. It includes verses by Vera Inber and Vladimir Lifshitc, Leningrad fairytale by Evgeny Schwartz with illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich (about the appearance of Leningrad and the war between water spirit Vodyanoy against forest spirit Lesovik and Human; first appearance), military and patriotic stories. # 6 is illustrated with the photomontage of Soviet pioneers in summer camps.