{"product_id":"bukhnikashvili-g-gori-a-historical-essay-gori-istoricheskii-ocherk-cover-and-title-page-designed-by-i-gurro-1939-in-russian","title":"Bukhnikashvili, G. Gori: A Historical Essay (Gori. Istoricheskii ocherk). Cover and title page designed by I. Gurro, 1939. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБухникашвили, Григорий Варденович (1897-1979). Гори : исторический очерк \/ Г. Бухникашвили ; обложка и титульная страница работы И. Гурро.\u003cbr\u003e[Тбилиси] : Издательство «Заря Востока», 1939. 100, [4] с. : ил. ; 21 см.\u003cbr\u003eИздательский коленкоровый переплёт (красный) с фотографической вставкой на передней крышке. Первое издание. Тираж 10 100 экз.\u003cbr\u003eКнига написана о Гори как «родине великого Сталина»; при составлении автор руководствовался трудом Л. П. Берии «К вопросу об истории большевистских организаций в Закавказье»; реставрация исторических мест Гори произведена по инициативе Берии (указано в предисловии). Параллельные издания 1939-1940 гг. на грузинском, украинском, армянском и осетинском языках.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее: переплёт чистый, фотовставка сохранна; блок равномерно тонирован, страницы полные.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBukhnikashvili, Grigorii Vardenovich (1897-1979). Gori: istoricheskii ocherk [Gori: A Historical Essay] \/ G. Bukhnikashvili ; cover and title page designed by I. Gurro.\u003cbr\u003e[Tbilisi] : Zaria Vostoka (Dawn of the East) Publishing House, 1939. 100, [4] pp. : illustrations ; 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's red cloth binding with photographic insert on front board. First edition. Print run of 10,100 copies.\u003cbr\u003eThe publisher's preface identifies Gori explicitly as \"the birthplace of the Great Stalin\"; the compilation drew on Lavrentii Beria's work on the history of Bolshevik organizations in Transcaucasia; the restoration of Stalin's historical sites in Gori is attributed to Beria's initiative. Parallel editions in Georgian, Ukrainian, Armenian, and Ossetian appeared in 1939-1940.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good: binding clean, photographic insert intact; text block uniformly toned; pages complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first edition of this remarkable document of Stalinist Georgia, written by Grigorii Vardenovich Bukhnikashvili (1897-1979) - primarily a theater historian, former director of the Rustaveli Theater, rector of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, and later director of the Georgian Theater Museum - and published in 1939 by the main Georgian Soviet press \"Zaria Vostoka\" (Dawn of the East) in Tbilisi. The book's explicit purpose, stated in the publisher's preface, is to present a history of Gori as \"the birthplace of the Great Stalin\" - Josef Vissarionovich Stalin (1878-1953) having been born in Gori on December 21, 1878. Drawing on historical chronicles, archival documents, travelers' memoirs, and contemporary reminiscences, Bukhnikashvili traces the history of the ancient Georgian fortress town from medieval origins through the tsarist period and into the Soviet present. The preface states that the compilation drew on the work of Lavrentii Pavlovich Beria (1899-1953) on the history of Bolshevik organizations in Transcaucasia, and explicitly notes that Stalin's historical sites in Gori were restored \"on the initiative of Comrade L. P. Beria\" - placing the two most powerful Georgians in Soviet leadership in an explicit relation of historical stewardship at the height of Beria's rise to power. The author's deployment as city historian reflects the broad mobilization of Georgian cultural figures for the Stalin cult's propaganda projects of the late 1930s. The book appeared simultaneously in 1939-1940 in five languages: Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, and Ossetian - a multi-ethnic publication program characteristic of the nationalities dimension of the Stalin personality cult. The striking red cloth binding with constructivist typography and embedded photographic insert of Gori, designed by I. Gurro, is an attractive example of late-1930s Georgian Soviet graphic design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377861685290,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_4379.jpg?v=1779336776","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/bukhnikashvili-g-gori-a-historical-essay-gori-istoricheskii-ocherk-cover-and-title-page-designed-by-i-gurro-1939-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}