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Soviet Military Service and Youth Culture USSR Conscription Photo Album Kingisepp 1975 to 1977

Soviet Military Service and Youth Culture USSR Conscription Photo Album Kingisepp 1975 to 1977 by Soviet Soldier's Photo Album

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Seller: Max Rambod Inc.
Title
Soviet Military Service and Youth Culture USSR Conscription Photo Album Kingisepp 1975 to 1977
Author
Soviet Soldier's Photo Album
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1975. Unidentified compiler, Soviet military service photo album, 1975 to 1977, documents the lived experience of conscription in the late Soviet period, providing visual evidence of youth military culture, informal soldier networks, and the persistence of Second World War memory within everyday service life. The album captures a cohort of young men during mandatory service, offering insight into how military obligation functioned socially as a formative rite of passage within the USSR. It also preserves the symbolic environment of Soviet militarism, where official emblems and patriotic imagery coexisted with personal expressions of friendship, leisure, and romantic attachment. Album containing 151 photographs and 12 original drawings, compiled during service in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast. The contents include lacquered illustrations on the inside covers and additional hand-colored drawings on interleaving sheets, alongside photographic documentation of fellow soldiers in barracks, outdoor settings, and informal group portraits. Decorative elements incorporate Soviet military insignia, including representations of Army, Navy, and Air Force flags, as well as red stars referencing victory in the Great Patriotic War. A tissue guard at the opening presents an allegorical female figure associated with the Soviet Motherland alongside a patriotic slogan invoking the military oath. Several images and drawings depict women, including a scene of reunion between a soldier and his partner, introducing a personal and emotional dimension to the otherwise institutional setting. The compiler is believed to have served in an artillery unit with missile training, though the album emphasizes social interaction rather than technical or combat activity. Created during a period of relative geopolitical stability prior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the album provides a record of military service before the intensification of late Cold War conflict. The absence of combat imagery and the predominance of camaraderie suggest the everyday rhythms of conscription outside wartime conditions, while the repeated invocation of World War II imagery demonstrates the enduring centrality of that conflict in Soviet identity formation. Such albums contribute to the study of Soviet social history, particularly the intersection of state military structures and personal experience among young men in the 1970s. Album measures 13 x 9.25 inches, with photographs generally 5 x 3.5 inches. Bound in decorated boards with applied paper elements and interleaving sheets. Light wear to edges and corners, minor rubbing to covers, contents clean with occasional handling marks; overall very good. A cohesive and visually rich example of late Soviet conscription culture as documented by a participant.
Portraits of the Principal Reformers of the Sixteenth Century, with a Narrative of the Reformation of Religion

Portraits of the Principal Reformers of the Sixteenth Century, with a Narrative of the Reformation of Religion by [No Author]

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Portraits of the Principal Reformers of the Sixteenth Century, with a Narrative of the Reformation of Religion
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[No Author]
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Van Nostrand & Dwight, 1835. First Edition. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Front board soiled, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper, pages lightly soiled. 1835 Small Hard Cover. 155 pp. From the preface: The ensuing volume comprises a rapid survey of the reformation of religion which was accomplished in the sixteenth century; with a biographical notice of twenty-four of the principal christian heroes, who were instrumental in carrying on the warfare with the Papal hierarchy, until they achieved their wondrous triumph. A concise review of the beneficial effects which have resulted from their labours closes the narrative.
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COVERED BRIDGES OF THE NORTHEAST by Allen, Richard Sanders

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Title
COVERED BRIDGES OF THE NORTHEAST
Author
Allen, Richard Sanders
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Brattleboro, 1957. 121 pages, clothbound, very good condition in slightly chipped dust jacket. .
Little Kim's Doll.
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Little Kim's Doll. by YAROSHEVSKAYA, Kim.

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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Title
Little Kim's Doll.
Author
YAROSHEVSKAYA, Kim.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780888993533
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
Toronto:: Douglas & Mcintyre,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0888993536 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

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