Soviet Russia Pictorial (New York). Vol. 8 No. 2. February, 1923.

Contents: Bukharin on Working Class Culture, Lenin Speaks by George Popoff, Russia in the American News, Peasants and Playthings, “Romeo and Juliet” in Moscow, The Stage and Revolution by Nathan Ausiibel, Among My Genovese Memories by Charles Recht, Editorials, Russian-American Industrial Corporation, Russia’s Children by Floyd Ramp, An American on the Volga by Dr. William Mendelson, Books Reviewed, Friends of Soviet Russia Activities

Soviet Russia began in the summer of 1919, published by the Bureau of Information of Soviet Russia and replaced The Weekly Bulletin of the Bureau of Information of Soviet Russia. In lieu of an Embassy the Russian Soviet Government Bureau was the official voice of the Soviets in the US. Soviet Russia was published as the official organ of the RSGB until February 1922 when Soviet Russia became to the official organ of The Friends of Soviet Russia, becoming Soviet Russia Pictorial in 1923. There is no better US-published source for information on the Soviet state at this time, and includes official statements, articles by prominent Bolsheviks, data on the Soviet economy, weekly reports on the wars for survival the Soviets were engaged in, as well as efforts to in the US to lift the blockade and begin trade with the emerging Soviet Union.

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