{"product_id":"rare-1949-soviet-book-aleksandr-sergeyevich-pushkin-ivan-novikov-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1949 Soviet Book: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin – Ivan Novikov | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eRare 1949 Stalin-Era Biography: \"Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin\" by Ivan Novikov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor scholars of Russian classical literature, Pushkiniana collectors, and enthusiasts of Stalin-era book design, this \u003cb\u003e1949 original Soviet hardcover biography\u003c\/b\u003e is a notable collector's item. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003eDetgiz\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eФабрика детской книги Детгиза\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eАлександр Сергеевич Пушкин\u003c\/i\u003e) was authored by premier Soviet novelist and scholar \u003cb\u003eIvan Alekseyevich Novikov\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued for the official 150th anniversary of Pushkin's birth (1799–1949), this 192-page volume is encased in blue-grey cloth decorated with an ornate blind-embossed oak-wreath medallion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003ePushkin's Life, Decembrist Ties \u0026amp; Archival Portrait Inserts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovikov's biography traces the life of Russia's national poet across 14 structured chapters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronological Life Survey:\u003c\/b\u003e Covers Pushkin's childhood, Lyceum years, political poetry, southern exile (Kishinev, Odessa), Mikhailovskoye, Boldino Autumn, marriage to Natalia Goncharova, and his final duel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorical Inserts \u0026amp; Decembrist Notes:\u003c\/b\u003e Features accounts of Pushkin's relationship with Decembrist leader Pavel Pestel, Dolgorukov's political diaries, and political verse commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTipped-In Portrait Plates:\u003c\/b\u003e Includes art plates of Vasily L. Pushkin (after Jean Vivien), Natalia N. Pushkina (after Karl Bryullov), and Pavel Pestel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1949 Tbilisi Provenance:\u003c\/b\u003e Inner flyleaf retains a handwritten period ex-libris inscription dated November 19, 1949 (\u003ci\u003e\"Из книг Н. Г. Годердзишвили. 19.11.49 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 Александр Сергеевич Пушкин (\u003ci\u003eAleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Alekseyevich Novikov (\u003ci\u003eИван Новиков\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Detgiz\" Publishing House (\u003ci\u003eМосква\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian (with 1949 Tbilisi handwritten owner inscription)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's blind-embossed cloth hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrint Run \/ Circulation:\u003c\/b\u003e 30,000 copies (\u003ci\u003eТираж 30000\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 192 pages + plate inserts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Studies \/ Soviet Literary Biographies \/ Stalin-Era Jubilee Imprints\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e Original blue-grey cloth boards are rigid, flat, and clean with distinct blind-embossed oak-leaf detailing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Firm, square text block with early cloth reinforcement along the front inner hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage \u0026amp; Plate Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Text pages and portrait inserts are clean and unmarked, showing uniform light cream age-toning typical of late-1940s Soviet paper stock. 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