{"product_id":"rare-1962-soviet-bound-periodical-cultural-educational-work-nos-1-7-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1962 Soviet Bound Periodical: Cultural \u0026 Educational Work (Nos 1–7) | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRare 1962 Soviet Periodical Compilation: \"Cultural and Educational Work\" (Nos. 1–7)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor historians of Soviet society, collectors of Cold War agitprop, and enthusiasts of vintage graphic design, this \u003cb\u003e1962 original Soviet bound volume\u003c\/b\u003e is an invaluable historical artifact. Published in Moscow by the \u003cb\u003eMinistry of Culture of the RSFSR\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eМинистерство культуры РСФСР\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultural and Educational Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eКультурно-просветительная работа\u003c\/i\u003e) was the leading instructional and ideological monthly for directors of Soviet culture palaces, rural clubs, and libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis heavy library-bound hardcover compiles \u003cb\u003eseven consecutive issues (Nos. 1 through 7, January to July 1962)\u003c\/b\u003e, complete with full-page propaganda broadsides, satirical illustrations, and photojournalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKhrushchev-Era Agitprop, Satirical Caricatures \u0026amp; Village Club Life\u003c\/b\u003e This compilation captures the cultural and ideological atmosphere of the USSR in 1962:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Posters \u0026amp; Agitation:\u003c\/b\u003e Full-page graphic inserts, including V. Zharinova's poster \u003ci\u003e\"Welcome, Young Energy to the Village!\"\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Принимай, село, молодые силы!»\u003c\/i\u003e), alongside agricultural campaign banners for grain, corn, and flax production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisual Satire \u0026amp; Caricatures:\u003c\/b\u003e Editorial cartoons by artists such as I. Offengenden targeting bureaucratic inertia and local management failures, paired with scripts for \"Living Newspapers\" (\u003ci\u003eУстная сатирическая газета\u003c\/i\u003e) used in agitbrigade performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary \u0026amp; Theoretical Essays:\u003c\/b\u003e Features Anatoly Aleksin's piece \u003ci\u003e\"Love for the Beautiful\"\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Любовь к прекрасному»\u003c\/i\u003e) reflecting on his Arctic travels with children's poet Sergei Mikhalkov and the post-XXII Party Congress cultural tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDocumentary Photo Spreads:\u003c\/b\u003e Candid photojournalism of amateur village performers, rural youth, libraries, and kolkhoz cultural centers across the Russian Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Культурно-просветительная работа (\u003ci\u003eCultural and Educational Work\u003c\/i\u003e) — Issues 1–7 (1962)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthority:\u003c\/b\u003e Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ministry of Culture RSFSR (\u003ci\u003eМосква\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 1962 (Khrushchev Thaw, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Period library cloth-backed hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e 7 complete consecutive monthly issues with covers and illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Soviet Periodicals \/ Agitation \u0026amp; Propaganda \/ Mass Cultural Education\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e Original cloth-backed library hardcover boards are flat, clean, and structurally sound with standard period library catalog tags on the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/b\u003e Authentic vintage institutional ex-library copy with official library stamps on issue title leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Firm, square, and tight composite text block with secure stitching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage \u0026amp; Plate Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Interior pages, monochrome documentary photographs, and color poster plates are clean and intact, showing uniform natural cream paper toning. Free of loose or missing leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore Soviet periodic\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/collections\/soviet-books?page=1#ebca312198bd506083068d1816808347\" title=\"Soviet Magazine Poster\"\u003e HERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsar to Soviets books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48932221550824,"sku":"USSR0304","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/8743\/6008\/files\/photo_1_2026-08-24_17-06-18.jpg?v=1787577578","url":"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/rare-1962-soviet-bound-periodical-cultural-educational-work-nos-1-7-tsar-to-soviet-books","provider":"Tsar to Soviets books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}