Khleb (Oborona Tsaritsina) [Bread (Defense of Tsaritsin)--translation of Russian title]
n.p. State Publisher, 1937. 218, illus., some soiling to text, a few text page corners bent, boards weak and tears to inner hinges. Pencil note inside front flyleaf (impression of this note on the two following pages), boards worn and stained, large tears at spine. Text is in Russian. This is a fictionalized account of the 1918 Bolshevik defense of Tsaritsin (an old name for Stalingrad) against the German and White Russian attempt to take the city and open the road to Moscow. Aleksey Tolstoy (1883-1945) was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Condition: fair to poor.
Keywords: Russian Language, Battle of Tsaritsin, Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War, Bolsheviks, Stalingrad, White Russians, Soviet Union, Historical Fiction
[Book #55454]
Price: $35.00