STARYE KUKLY Old Dolls

by Porfiri Krylov pseud. Mikhail Kupriyanov, Nikolai Sokolov, Demyan

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

Moscow : Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1930. Satirical Soviet picture book ridiculing famous political figures, one of the books critical of Russian history that led to Bedny's fall from grace under Stalin. Very good. Item #18188 Bedny was a well-placed Bolshevik writer whose poetry led to a friendship with Lenin, and later a turbulent relationship with Stalin. His status and willingness to turn out rhymes in defense of

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