Voprosy khudozhestvennoy literatury v Zakavkaz'i (Issues of Artistic Literature in Transcaucasia), 1928. In Russian

Вопросы художественной литературы в Закавказьи. Материалы дискуссии по проекту резолюции ЗКК ВКП(б) о работе в области художественной литературы.
Тифлис : Заккнига, 1928 (1-я тип. п/тр. ВСНХ Грузии).
191 с. Твёрдый владельческий переплёт с наклеенной оригинальной издательской обложкой, уменьшенный формат. Тираж 1000 экз.
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Voprosy khudozhestvennoy literatury v Zakavkaz'i (Issues of Artistic Literature in Transcaucasia). Materials of the Discussion on the Draft Resolution of the Transcaucasian Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on Work in the Field of Artistic Literature.
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1928 (1st Typography of the Supreme Council of National Economy of Georgia).
191 pp. Owner’s hard binding with the original publisher's cover pasted on, small format. Print run: 1,000 copies.

This 1928 collection is an exceptional primary source documenting the "Great Turning Point" of Soviet cultural policy in the Transcaucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan). Published in Tiflis (Tbilisi), it contains the stenographic records of a pivotal ideological debate regarding the Transcaucasian Regional Committee's resolution on literature—a document that would effectively end the relative pluralism of the 1920s in favor of centralized party control.
The volume captures the moment when the "proletarian" literary factions began their final assault on the "fellow travelers" (poputchiki)—writers who supported the revolution but did not strictly adhere to Communist dogma. The discussions feature a high-stakes intellectual battle between prominent figures such as the philosopher Shalva Nutsubidze, the critic Il. Vardin (Mgeladze), and revolutionary figures like Beniamin Buachidze. These materials reveal the mechanisms used to subordinate national literary traditions (Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani) to a unified Soviet doctrine.
The text is divided into speeches and analytical papers that address the "hegemony of proletarian literature" and the reorganization of literary groups. For historians, it is a chillingly detailed account of how the "Party line" was debated and eventually imposed upon the creative intelligentsia of the region. Many of the participants, such as Vardin and Buachidze, would later fall victim to the political repressions of the late 1930s, making their contributions here even more historically poignant.
With a very limited print run of only 1,000 copies, this Tiflis edition is a significant bibliographical rarity. It is an indispensable volume for researchers of Soviet censorship, Caucasian intellectual history, and the evolution of Socialist Realism. This specific copy, featuring the original 1928 cover preserved on the binding, is a rare survivor from a turbulent era of literary and political upheaval.