A comprehensive guide to children's and adolescent fiction,
traditional literature, and biography/autobiography dealing with
the nationalities of the Soviet Union, this book is intended as a
resource for teachers, librarians, and parents seeking to imbue
young people with a sympathetic understanding of another culture.
It indicates the breadth of publications in the field and offers
guidance in selecting the most appropriate books. The annotated
bibliography thoroughly describes 536 books written in or
translated into English and published from 1900 to 1990, portraying
the lives of Russian and Soviet immigrants in Europe and North
America. The literature itself reflects more than a thousand years
of history, from the establishment of Kievan Rus', the largest
state of early-medieval Europe, through the Mongol invasion and the
rise and fall of imperial Russia, to the establishment of the
Soviet Union and the period of political and cultural ferment in
the early 1990s. The sources are grouped according to major
geographical and political regions (The Russian Federation; The
Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Moldavia; Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania;
Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan, Kirghizia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and further divided by
genres. Annotations generally provide plot summary, literary
analysis and criticism, evaluation of illustrations, and
information about literary and artistic awards. Reading and use
levels are included with the citations. Indexes of author,
translator, and illustrator, of titles, and of subjects are
provided, with the latter referring to topical areas as well as
historical periods and personages and geographical and political
areas and terms. The volume introduction offers a survey of the
Soviet lands and peoples and their literary activities, with
special emphasis on literature for youth.
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