Figure 1.--his is an illustration from a Soviet school primary text book published 19??. Two boys are shown fighting over a rocking horse. One is wearing a sailor suit. I'm not sure what the text was associated with this illustration. |
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Soviet children's publications followed the same basic patterns as in Western Europe. There were periodical publications as well as fiction and non fiction books.
Two major perioificals Kolkhoznye Rebiata (Children of the Kolkhoz) and
Pioneriia in the early and mid 1930s appear to glofify Soviet Communism with illustrated articles, stories, and photography. Most Soviet books seem to be single issue works. Some examples of early Soviet books Books such as Marshak's Otriad (Detachment, 1933) was about Young Pioneers having a good time at camp. Politschuk's Prigoda (A Happening, 1931) shows Young Pioneers in a factory. [McGill] We do not know of the children's series that were so popular in America and Britain. There were of course also school textbooks. Many of the textbooks for younger children were beauifully illustrated.
Soviet children's publications followed the same basic patterns as in Western Europe. There were periodical publications. We know very little about the peruiodicals at this time. Two major perioificals Kolkhoznye Rebiata (Children of the Kolkhoz) and Pioneriia in the early and mid 1930s appear to glofify Soviet Communism with illustrated articles, stories, and photography.
A reader mentions a Soviet children magazine "Chizh" ("a siskin") fim the 1940s.
Hopefully Russian readers will be able to tells us something about these and other Soviet periodicals.
There were also both fiction and non fiction books. Most Soviet books seem to be single issue works. Our information on Soviet children's books is still quite limited. We have only begun to acquire information on individual books. The Soviets do seem to have had a very active publishing industry aimed at the younger reader. Few of these books have been published and distributed in the West. Some examples of early Soviet books Books such as Marshak's Otriad (Detachment, 1933) was about Young Pioneers having a good time at camp. Politschuk's Prigoda (A Happening, 1931) shows Young Pioneers in a factory. [McGill] We do not know of the children's series that were so popular in America and Britain. There were of course also school textbooks. Many of the textbooks for younger children were beauifully illustrated. A good example of a non fiction book is A Journey to Artek", a little booklet about life at a Soviet summer camp, in thos case the prestigioys Artek camp. It was published by the Novosti Press Agency Publishing House. in 1976.
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