Descartes, R. Selected Works (Izbrannye proizvedeniya), 1950. In Russian

Ренэ Декарт. Избранные произведения. / Пер. с франц. и латин. под ред. и со вступит. ст. В. В. Соколова.
Москва : Государственное издательство политической литературы (Госполитиздат), 1950.
711 с. : портр. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат. Юбилейное издание.
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René Descartes. Selected Works (Izbrannye proizvedeniya). / Trans. from French and Latin, edited with an introduction by V. V. Sokolov.
Moscow : State Publishing House of Political Literature (Gospolitizdat), 1950.
711 pp. : portrait. Publisher’s hardcover, standard format. Jubilee edition.

This 1950 volume is a landmark of Soviet philosophical publishing, released by Gospolitizdat to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the death of René Descartes (1596–1650). In the context of the mid-20th century, this edition served as the definitive scholarly collection of the French thinker's legacy, balancing his revolutionary contributions to rationalism and mathematics with the ideological requirements of the era.
The collection includes Descartes' most influential works, notably Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Discourse on the Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and The Principles of Philosophy. These texts trace the development of the "Cartesian" method—the systematic doubt intended to reach the bedrock of certainty, famously summarized in the dictum Cogito, ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am").
The edition is particularly praised for its artistic and typographic execution. The design by N. Sidelnikov, featuring elegant title pages and initial letters, reflects the formal dignity of a jubilee publication. A standout feature is the woodcut engraving portrait of Descartes by A. Pavlov, which prefaces the text.
Beyond the primary texts, the volume includes a comprehensive introductory article by the noted philosopher V. V. Sokolov, who provides a historical-materialist perspective on Descartes’ dualism and his role in the transition from scholasticism to modern science. For collectors and scholars, this 1950 edition remains a classic of the "Stalinist" academic style—physically robust, meticulously edited, and visually distinguished.