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First and only edition. Second Kollontai's book. This book by 'Communist Valkyrie', a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat, and Marxist theoretician Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was published in the year of the First Russian Revolution. It was banned and confiscated by the czarist police Kollontai herself was exiled from Russia in 1908. Kollontai did not identify as a feminist. She understood "feminism" as… Read more about this item

First Russian edition. Lily Braun (1865-1916), a German feminist writer and politician of the Social Democratic Party. She wrote about the exploitation of female labor under various economic systems, the necessity of insurance, the politics of women's rights in different parties, and responsibilities of women in the political struggle. The book was translated from the German edition Die Frauen und die… Read more about this item

With the supplement of the draft of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Program. First edition of this 'important direct appeal to poor peasants'. The other significant part of the book is the draft of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) Program. RSDLP haven't own program and party rules till 1903, though it formed in 1898. The draft program was published originally… Read more about this item

The book looks like other important Stalinist editions: stamped hardback, folded plates etc. This kind of editions is intended for the construction and support of Stalin's cult of personality. These books were censored after de-Stalinization, portraits of Stalin and other attributes of cult were cut off. OCLC locates four copies of this edition in USA, in Cornell University, in Columbia University,… Read more about this item

The fifteenth anniversary edition for GOELRO plan (*State Commission for Electrification of Russia*). The Plan included construction of a network of 30 regional power plants, including ten large hydroelectric power plants, and numerous electric-powered large industrial enterprises. Two folded plates are facsimile of Lenin's letters. The book looks like other important Stalinist editions: stamped hardback, folded plates etc. Construction of Lenin's… Read more about this item

Sedel'nikov N. - book design. One of several editions of this Stalin's report but really unusual illustrated. XVII Party Congress nicknamed The Congress of the Victors due to the economic successes of The First FiveYear Plan, and also it was named The Congress of the Condemned. 1,996 party members which attended Congress, 1,108 members were arrested later, about two thirds of… Read more about this item