This book is dedicated to the Soviet Space Dogs, who played a
crucial part in the Soviet Space program. These homeless dogs,
plucked from the streets of Moscow, were selected because they
fitted the program's criteria: female, weighing no more than 15
pounds, measuring no more than 14 inches in length, robust,
photogenic and with a calm temperament. These characteristics
enabled the dogs to withstand the extensive training that was
needed to prepare them for suborbital, then for orbital, space
fights. On 3 November 1957, the dog Laika was the first Earth-born
creature to enter space, making her instantly famous around the
world. She did not return. Her death, a few hours after launching,
transformed her into a legendary symbol of sacrifice. Two further
strays, Belka and Strelka, were the first beings to make it back
from space, and were swiftly immortalized in children's books and
cartoons. Images of the Space Dogs proliferated, reproduced on
everyday goods across the Soviet Union: cigarette packets, tins of
sweets, badges, stamps and postcards all bore their likenesses.
"Soviet Space Dogs" uses these unique items to illustrate the story
(in fact and fiction) of how they became fairytale heroines. The
first book to document these items, it contains more than 350
images, almost all of which are previously unpublished, and many of
which have never been seen before outside Russia. The rich and
varied ephemera (from cigarette packets to sweet wrappers and
children's toys) of Soviet graphics will have immense appeal to the
art and design market, as well as appealing to dog-lovers
everywhere.
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