[Signed] Pliev, Kh. D. The Tale of Victory: A Poem (Skazanie o pobede: Poema), 1951. In Russian.

[С автографом автора и дарственной надписью А. С. Парастаеву]
Плиев, Х. Д.
Сказание о победе: Поэма. Первое издание на русском языке.
Перевод с осетинского: А. Гулуева и М. Соболя.
Дзауджикау: Госиздат Северо-Осетинской АССР, 1951.
112 с., 1 л. портр.: ил.; 20 см.
Тираж: 8000 экз.
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[With author's autograph and dedicatory inscription to A. S. Parastayev]
Pliev, Kh. D.
The Tale of Victory: A Poem (Skazanie o pobede: Poema). First edition in Russian.
Translation from Ossetian: A. Guluev and M. Sobol.
Dzaudzhikau (Ordzhonikidze/Vladikavkaz): State Publishing House of the North Ossetian ASSR, 1951.
112 p., 1 leaf port.: ill.; 20 cm.
Print run: 8,000 copies.

This book is the first Russian-language edition of a poem by the Ossetian writer Kh. D. Pliev, published in the capital of the North Ossetian Autonomous Republic in 1951. The work itself, "The Tale of Victory," narrates the historical struggle of the common people against feudal lords, a theme aligned with the Soviet historical narrative. This publication exemplifies the policy of translating and promoting the national literatures of the USSR's peoples. The copy's exceptional value is conferred by a heartfelt author's autograph with a dedicatory inscription: "To my dear unforgettable friend A.S. Parastayev as a sign of deep respect." This personal note transforms the book from a standard publication into a rare artifact of personal friendship and cultural history from the early postwar period in the Soviet Caucasus.