Prague Publishing House “Volia Rossii” (Will of Russia)
https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-1-55-61
Abstract
For the first time there is restored the history of the Prague Publishing house “Volia Rossii” (Will of Russia) whose books and publications are considered among the best in the Russian Abroad. There is presented the role of the magazine “Volia Rossii” in the publisher’s activity and the influence on it of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. There is given thematic and typological analysis of the publishing products, described the most famous editions of “Volia Rossii”: “The Truth about Kronstadt”, “ ‘The Green Book’: the History of the Peasant Movement in the Black Sea Province”, G.N. Rakovsky “The End of the White”, B.F. Sokolov “Save the Children”, “Russians in Prague, 1918-1928”, V.M. Chernov “Constructive Socialism”, N.A. Bezpalov “Confessions of the GPU Agent”. For the first time there is provided information on the management of the publishing house and on many well-known authors. There are traced legal and illegal ways of distribution in the exile and in the homeland of the newspaper, magazine, books and brochures of the “Volia Rossii” Publishing house.
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Bazanov P.N. Prague Publishing House “Volia Rossii” (Will of Russia). Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]. 2017;66(1):55-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-1-55-61
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