Olga Svir — Let Us Understand Russia

New York, All-Slavic Publishing House, 1965. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon volume provides an incisive record of Russian rulers between the ninth and twentieth centuries. Comprised of thirty three chapters, Olga Svir's work offers a concise outline of Russian rulers from the ninth century to the mid twentieth century when the iron curtain descended across Europe. With thirty two illustrations to the rear, collated and complete. Having published several literary essays and a catalogue of paintings of the Russian Museum of Fine Arts, Svir followed her husband and volunteered as a nurse in the White Army in the Russian civil war. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, joints, and the spine. Bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a two small chips in the cloth to the tail of the spine, and some fraying to the cloth at the head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, except for the chapter on the Iron Curtain which has the odd sentence underlined in pen. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .