ABC Book by V. Goretsky (1989)
The most iconic ABC book from the 1980s. Heavily illustrated. For first grade school children. Good condition, unused. Some handling & age wear.
Size 17 × 22 cm (6.5" × 8.7")
Price $24 + shipping $22
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ABC Book by D. Elkonin, illustrated by A. Chizhikov (1994)
For first grade school children. Good condition, unused. Some age wear.
Size 17 × 22 cm (6.6" × 8.7")
Price $14 + shipping $22
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Mathematics 1 (1996)
For first grade school children. Good condition, unused. A school library stamp on the first page.
Size 17 × 22 cm (6.6" × 8.7")
Price $15 + shipping $22
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ABC Book by L. Klimanova and S. Makeyeva (1995)
For first grade school children. Good condition, unused. Some handling & age wear.
Size 17 × 22 cm (6.6" × 8.7")
Price $14 + shipping $22
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August 19. On this day in 1960, the dogs Belka and Strelka went into space to spend 25 hours in their spaceship, orbit more than 700,000 kilometers and safely return to Earth on August 20.
I prepared, and will be sending these cards for my Monthly Postcard project. I have a few extra cards too, if you want to join.
Svetlana Antonova and friends on the beach in Yalta (summer 1951)
Cover of the “Young Naturalist”, Feb. 1976
Photo by A. Freidberg
Belka and Strelka in the ejection cabin of the space ship before their historic flight into space (August 19, 1960)
Children with their handmade toys (Yevpatoriya, 1980s)
Belka and Strelka, prior to the launch of Korabl-Sputnik 2.
Korabl-Sputnik 2, launched on August 19, 1960, was the first spaceflight to send animals into space and safely recover them. Joining Belka and Strelka were forty mice, two rats, and various plants. 25 hours after launch, the spacecraft returned to Earth.
Korabl-Sputnik 2 was pivotal in certifying the Vostok spacecraft that would carry the first human, Yuri Gagarin, to space eight months later.
A year later, Strelka had a litter of puppies, one of which, Pushinka, was given to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as a goodwill present.
“City After Rain” by Nikolai Berezhnoy (1960s)
Caretaker of a railroad crossing in the Siberian taiga (1960).
The writing under Lenin’s portrait reads “Peace to the world”, a typical Soviet slogan.
August 19. On this day in 1960, the dogs Belka and Strelka went into space to spend 25 hours in their spaceship, orbit more than 700,000 kilometers and safely return to Earth on August 20.
I prepared, and will be sending these cards for my Monthly Postcard project. I have a few extra cards too, if you want to join.
Anonymous asked:
Would you one day travel to the Baltic states?
I’ve already done so in the past. I once spent a month travelling around Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the winter. And I also visited Tallinn in the summer too. They were really nice. I especially loved Estonia. Tallinn, with its ancient stone buildings and crooked streets, bookshops and bakeries. And then Haapsalu, a small seaside town that is forever in my heart. It has a surviving kuursaal/курзал (resort hall) from the 19th century, which I fell in love with at first sight and long before I knew the world курзал.
I don’t know if I’ll ever have a chance to visit again. Does’t seem likely at this point.
