Grossman, L. Pushkin, 1939. In Russian

Л. Гроссман Пушкин
Серия: Жизнь замечательных людей.(ЖЗЛ) Выпуск 6-8 (150-152)
Биографии
Москва: Молодая гвардия. 1939 г.
648 с., илл. Твердый переплет, уменьшенный формат.
Тираж: 50 000 экз.
Небольшой надрыв на 446 стр.
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Grossman, L. Pushkin. [Pushkin].
Series: Zhizn' zamechatel'nykh lyudey (ZhZL). Issues 6-8 (150-152).
Biographies.
Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1939.
648 p., ill. Hardcover, reduced format.
Print run: 50,000 copies.
Small tear on p. 446.

This 1939 volume from the celebrated series "The Life of Remarkable People" (ZhZL) is a substantial biography of Alexander Pushkin by literary scholar Leonid Grossman. Published on the centenary of the poet's death, this work represents a significant moment in Soviet Pushkin studies, reflecting the state's official canonization of Pushkin as a national literary hero. The book is notable for its consolidated format, combining issues 6-8 (or 150-152) into a single, comprehensive 648-page volume with illustrations. Published by "Molodaya Gvardiya" in a large print run of 50,000 copies, this hardcover edition made scholarly yet accessible literary biography available to a mass audience. As a pre-WWII publication, it stands as a cultural artifact of late 1930s Soviet Russia, showcasing the intersection of academic research and state-sponsored cultural propaganda during the Stalin period.