{"product_id":"rare-1948-soviet-book-story-of-a-real-man-boris-polevoy-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1948 Soviet Book: Story of a Real Man – Boris Polevoy | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e Rare 1948 Voenizdat WW2 Hardcover: \"Story of a Real Man\" by Boris Polevoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of World War II military history, Soviet literature, and Stalin-era imprints, this \u003cb\u003e1948 original Soviet hardcover edition\u003c\/b\u003e is a classic volume. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003eVoenizdat\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eВоенное Издательство Министерства Вооруженных Сил Союза ССР\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory of a Real Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eПовесть о настоящем человеке\u003c\/i\u003e) was written by war correspondent and novelist \u003cb\u003eBoris Nikolayevich Polevoy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in blue-grey cloth featuring an inset illustrated vignette of a Soviet fighter pilot looking out from his cockpit, this 375-page novel tells the inspirational true story of Hero of the Soviet Union \u003cb\u003eAlexey Maresyev\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heroic Saga of Alexey Maresyev \u0026amp; Nuremberg 1946 Postscript\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolevoy's novel remains one of the most famous literary monuments of the Eastern Front:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe True Story of Alexey Maresyev:\u003c\/b\u003e Documents the survival of fighter pilot Alexey Maresyev (named \u003ci\u003eAleksey Meresyev\u003c\/i\u003e in the text), who crawled through frozen forests for 18 days after being shot down in 1942, underwent double leg amputation, mastered artificial limbs, and returned to active dogfighting against the Luftwaffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNuremberg 1946 Postscript:\u003c\/b\u003e Concludes with Polevoy's reflection written in \u003ci\u003e\"Nuremberg, Bavaria, Spring 1946\"\u003c\/i\u003e while reporting on Hermann Göring and the Nazi leadership at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1949 Tbilisi Provenance:\u003c\/b\u003e Title page bears a neat period ex-libris inscription dated August 1, 1949 (\u003ci\u003e\"Из книг Назико Годердзишвили. 01\/VIII-49 г. г. Тбилиси\"\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Повесть о настоящем человеке (\u003ci\u003eStory of a Real Man\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boris Nikolayevich Polevoy (\u003ci\u003eБ. Полевой\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Military Publishing House (\u003ci\u003eВоениздат, Москва\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948 (Stalin Era, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian (with 1949 handwritten Tbilisi ex-libris)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's blue-grey cloth hardcover, inset illustrated plate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 375 pages, illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Soviet WWII Literature \/ Aviation History \/ Voenizdat Military Imprints\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tsar to Soviets books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48895497928936,"sku":"USSR0270","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/8743\/6008\/files\/photo_1_2026-08-13_21-08-31.jpg?v=1786641292","url":"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/rare-1948-soviet-book-story-of-a-real-man-boris-polevoy-tsar-to-soviet-books","provider":"Tsar to Soviets books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}