Title   Your Motherland - the Soviet Union


Author:   George Kublitski
Pages:   192 pages, size 9 in x 11 in.
Language:   Russian
Year & Publisher:   1979, Children Literature
Description:   Lavishly illustrated book. Virtually every page has a watercolor or two by the artist V.Rudenko. The manuscript of the book received a 1st prize as the best fiction book for children in the All-Russian contest of 1975-77 The book declaims about the Motherland of all pioneers, octoberists and comsomol members - the great Soviet Union. It describes every aspect of life in the Soviet Union and compares many of them to the respective places in the countries of the capitalist world. You have never seen more direct comparisons, for example:

"New districts of Moscow build in such a way so a live nature and clean air would be preserved.... Clean air - it is so important for people !

Tokyo is called a `suffocating giant`. In the capital of Japan, it is so cramped, there is virtually no greenery. In the narrow streets - caustic gas from a lot of cars. People insert coins in special machines to inhale some clean air.

Why do I mention Tokyo and New York when my story is about Moscow ?

Here is why. Our capital city is visited by the guests from many other cities of the world. They look, they compare. They don't like everything here. But even people who are not friendly to us, confess that in Moscow and in other Soviet cities in general, there is more done for a good of simple people than in any capitalistic city.

Yes, New York has the tallest buildings. But only a rich man can pay for an apartment in such a building. In all capitals of capitalist countries a housing is very expensive.
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A passage like this you will never see in any other books. It has a lot of details and factual information retold in a simple language that any little children would understand. The book is especially recommended to those boys and girls who was born abroad and have never been to the USSR. Good as a coffee table book and as a conversational piece.
Price:   $15.00