Бессмертие. Памяти С.М. Кирова.
Составитель: В. С. Азаров
Редактор: А. Рыбасов
Художник: М. Кирнарский
Москва: Художественная литература, 1939
280 с. Твердый переплет, обычный формат
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Bessmertie. Pamiati S. M. Kirova. [Immortality. In Memory of S. M. Kirov].
Compiler: V. S. Azarov. Editor: A. Rybasov. Artist: M. Kirnarsky.
Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura, 1939.
280 p. Hardcover, regular format.
This 1939 memorial collection was published to honor the memory of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, a high-ranking Soviet official whose assassination in 1934 became a pivotal event used to justify the Great Purge. Compiled by V. S. Azarov, the volume is a characteristic artifact of the Stalinist personality cult, containing speeches, tributes, and literary works that mythologized Kirov as a martyr for the Communist cause. The edition is distinguished by the artistic contribution of Mark Abramovich Kirnarsky (1893–1942), a noted Soviet graphic artist whose cover and interior designs for this book reflect the neoclassical, decorative traditions of the "World of Art" movement, offering a stylistically refined contrast to the typical socialist realist aesthetic of the period. This book is a significant primary source for understanding the propaganda mechanisms and visual culture of late 1930s Soviet Russia.