Kock, Winston E. Lasers and Holography. An Introduction to Coherent Optics (Lazery i golografiya. Vvedenie v kogerentnuyu optiku), 1971. In Russian.

Кок У. Э. Лазеры и голография. Введение в когерентную оптику / Пер. с англ. Г. И. Кузнецова; Под ред. Я. А. Смородинского.
Москва : Мир, 1971.
136 с. : ил. (В мире науки и техники). Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат.
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Kock, W. E. Lasers and Holography. An Introduction to Coherent Optics (Lazery i golografiya. Vvedenie v kogerentnuyu optiku) / Trans. from English by G. I. Kuznetsov; Ed. by Ya. A. Smorodinsky.
Moscow : Mir, 1971.
136 pp. : ill. (In the World of Science and Technology). Softcover, ordinary format.

This 1971 edition, published by "Mir," brought the cutting-edge insights of American physicist and NASA veteran Winston E. Kock to the Soviet audience during the golden age of optical discovery. The Russian version was curated by the distinguished theoretical physicist Yakov Smorodinsky, who added an insightful afterword to contextualize Kock's work within the broader achievements of Soviet and international physics.
Kock, a pioneer in acoustics and radar as well as optics, provides a remarkably lucid bridge between classical wave theory and the then-revolutionary fields of lasers and holography. The book demystifies the concept of coherence, explaining how the phase-synchronized light of a laser allows for the recording of three-dimensional information.
The text covers the fundamental physics of the Ruby laser, the interference patterns that form a hologram, and the reconstruction of 3D images. Written with an engineer's precision but a popularizer's clarity, it was designed to inspire students and technical professionals alike. This "Mir" edition is a classic example of Cold War-era scientific exchange, reflecting a time when holography was transitioning from a laboratory curiosity into a transformative tool for data storage, microscopy, and art.