Books for Children

A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие) 1961 [IN RUSSIAN]

A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart...

Russian Folk Tales, Afanasyev [IN RUSSIAN]

A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.) Vintage printing. Hardcover, spine repaired with...

Queen of Spades and Other Stories [Pushkin]

Queen of Spades and Other Stories. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was Russia’s greatest poet and as well as a versatile writer who influenced all of modern Russian literature, producing short stories that are masterpieces of the craft. Besides the...

The Golden Cockerel [Pogany]

The Golden Cockerel: From the Original Russian Fairy Tale of Alexander Pushkin (Dover Children's Classics, 2013). Elaine Pogany (Author), Willy Pogany (Illustrator). Paperback, 48 pages. Full-page color images, along with striking black-and-white...

Icons [T. Talbot Rice] 1990

Icons. Introduced by T. Talbot Rice.  Rich full-page color images of Greek and Slavic Orthodox icons on the right page with descriptive text on the left. NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1990. (A reprint of the British edition published by Studio Editions.)...

In Order to Please Stalin [В Угоду Сталину]

Борис Михайлович Кузнецов (подполковник). В Угоду Сталину Годы 1945-1946. (Boris Mikhailovich Kuznetsov (lieutenant colonel). (In Order to Please Stalin). IN RUSSIAN.  A documentary work of historical significance dedicated to the forced extradition...

Tragedy of the Cossacks 1940-45 RUSSIAN

Казачья трагедия. (Cossack Tragedy During 1940-45.) Н. А. Быков (N. A. Bykov). Kazachʹi︠a︡ tragedii︠a︡, 1940-1944 gg vospominanii︢a︡ rukovoditeli︠a︡ i organizatora v g. Rostove u Rostovskom okruge kazachʹego osvoboditelʹnogo na Donu dvizhenii︠a︡ protiv...

Inside Russia Today J. Gunther [1958]

John Gunther. Inside Russia. John Gunther (1901–1970) wrote a series of sociopolitical works, known as the "Inside" books, of which this is one. He grew up on the North Side of Chicago, was awarded a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of...

Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (Oldenburg) 1939-49

The Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (Царствование императора Николая II). S.S. Oldenburg. Three volumes bound together in a mid-century buckram binding. With one original printed cover at the beginning of the book. Pages have tanned. Binding is sound, hinge...

City of the Poet Pushkin [1965] IN RUSSIAN

The City of the Poet (Город поэта ). Marina Basina. IN RUSSIAN. Covers Pushkin's life in the Lyceum, in Tsarskoye Selo, and his teachers and friends. Leningrad: Detskaya literatura (Детская литература), 1965. 272 pages. Hardcover with many black and...

New Russia [1933]

Jerome Davis, editor. Introduction by Edward M. House. The New Russia: Between the First and Second Five Year Plans. NY: John Day, 1933. First edition. Bibliography, glossary. 265 pages. An attempt on the part of a group of sociologists and economists to...

Nicholas and Alexandra [1st ed, 8th prtg]

Nicholas and Alexandra. An intimate Account of the Last of the Romanovs and the Fall of Imperial Russia. Robert K. Massie.  NY: Atheneum, 1968 [April]. First edition, 8th printing. 584 pages. Massie (1929-2019) brilliantly traces the end of the...

Sunset of the Romanov Dynasty [1992]

The Sunset of the Romanov Dynasty. Mikhail Iroshnikov with Liudmila Protsai and Yuri Shelayev. An early post-USSR breakup book on the lives of Nicholas II, Alexandra and their children beginning from the late 1800s. Contents include The Coronation, The...

Fox, Beaver and other Fables [S. Mikhalkov] IN RUSSIAN

Fox, beaver and others: Fables, satires and jests (Лиса, бобер и другие: Басни, фельетоны, шутки). Sergei Mikhalkov (Сергей Михалков). Fables by Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009), who was a member of the noble Mikhalkov family. Among his many...

Children's Theater RUSSIAN [Театр для малышей]

Георгий Генов. Театр для малышей (Children's theater). IN RUSSIAN. Teaches how to to arrange a table theater, a theater-book, a puppet stage, a puppet theater, and a shadow theater. Given for each type is a diverse repertoire, patterns and drawings, and...

In our theater RUSSIAN [В нашем театре]

В нашем театре: пьесы, сцены, шутки для школьной самодеятельности. (Сборник).  (In our theater: plays, scenes, jokes for school amateur performances.) IN RUSSIAN. Moscow: Детская литература 1966, 1966. Stiff boards hardcover, 176 pages...

Favorite Russian Fairy Tales

Favorite Russian Fairy Tales. Children's Thrift Classics. Unabridged and In Easy-to-Read Type. Six classic Russian Fairy Tales including Baba Yaga, Sadko, The Firebird and Princess Vasilissa, Alyonushka and Her Brother, (Father) Frost and...

The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales

The Firebird and Other  Russian Fairy Tales. Nine classic Russian Fairy Tales including The Golden (Magic) Fish, Baba Yaga, Sadko, The Firebird and Princess Vasilissa, Prince Ivan, (Father) Frost and three more. Several black and white illustrations...

Russian Nesting Dolls Stickers

Russian Nesting Dolls Stickers.  Full-color sticker activity set includes 11 medium-sized Matryoshka dolls in all variations as well as balalaika, traditional wooden figurines like chicks and painted eggs, flowers and even a bowl of Borsht. 25...

A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story

A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story. Andrei Maytunas and Sergei Mironenko. A Lifelong Passion begins in 1884 with the couple's first childhood meeting and chronicles their intense courtship and first joyful years of marriage...