Red Field Krasnaya Niva #43 1928

Soviet weekly magazine Red Field, issue №52, 21 Oct 1928. First published in 1922 by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. Cover contains part of the painting of M. Pokrovsky, by Soviet Marxist historian, public and political figure, by N. Shlein, artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. This issue contains article "About Komsomol", dedicated to 10 year anniversary of VlKSM, written by G. Ryklin, Soviet writer and journalist, satirist; "Mikhail Nikolaevich Pokrovsky" by V. Friche, Russian and Soviet literary critic-Marxist and teacher, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Story "People of the past" by M. Barsukov, illustrated by K. Eliseev, Russian Soviet graphic artist and theatre and film artist. Article "I.I. Skvortsov-Stepanov. One of many." that talks about late Skvortsov-Stepanov, Soviet statesman and party leader, historian, economist. One of the oldest participants in the Russian revolutionary movement and a Marxist writer. Essay "House of Unions" by I. Ashukin, Russian poet, literary critic, literary critic and historian of literature. Illustrations are by B. Zenkevich, Russian and Soviet graphic artist, painter, engraver and lithographer; as well ad Yu. Pimenov, Russian and Soviet painter, theatre designer, master of the Soviet advertising poster, essay writer. Published by "Izvestij TSIK USSR and VTSIK", 110 000 copies. Poor condition, cover is detached. Staples are missing. Was part of bound yearly volume. Tears and loss of material on the spine and on margins. Dusting, rubbings and staining. Cancelled library stamp on the back cover. Pencil handwriting on the last page. 24 pages.