Timiryazev, K. A. Charles Darwin and His Teaching (Charlz Darvin i ego uchenie), 1930. In Russian.

Тимирязев К. А. Чарлз Дарвин и его учение. / Издание одиннадцатое.
Москва — Ленинград : Государственное издательство (Госиздат), 1930.
256 с. : ил. Издательский тканевый переплет, уменьшенный формат.
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Timiryazev, Kliment A. Charles Darwin and His Teaching (Charlz Darvin i ego uchenie). / Eleventh edition.
Moscow — Leningrad : State Publishing House (Gosizdat), 1930.
256 pp. : ill. Publisher's cloth binding, reduced format. In Russian.

This 1930 edition of "Charles Darwin and His Teaching" is the final lifetime-standard version of the most influential work on evolutionary biology ever written in the Russian language. Its author, Kliment Timiryazev, was not only a brilliant botanist but also the primary apostle of Darwinism in Russia. This eleventh edition, published by Gosizdat a decade after Timiryazev's death, marks the peak of the work's influence as it became a cornerstone of the Soviet scientific and ideological curriculum.
The book provides a masterful synthesis of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Timiryazev’s writing is celebrated for its clarity and passion; he presents the evidence for evolution not as a dry academic exercise, but as a revolutionary force that overthrew centuries of theological dogma. The text covers the mechanics of variability, the struggle for existence, and the origin of species, updated throughout Timiryazev's life to address contemporary objections to the theory.
A defining characteristic of this 1930 printing is its "reduced format" and durable cloth binding—features designed for portability and mass education. During this period, the Soviet state promoted Darwinism as the biological foundation of dialectical materialism. Consequently, Timiryazev's work was widely distributed to workers’ faculties, rural libraries, and students, serving as a powerful tool for scientific atheism and enlightenment.
The volume includes a biography of Darwin, detailed anatomical and botanical illustrations, and Timiryazev’s famous polemical prefaces. For historians of biology, collectors of scientific classics, and bibliophiles interested in early Soviet cultural history, this 11th edition is a quintessential artifact. It represents the successful "naturalization" of Darwin into the Russian intellectual tradition and remains a testament to the enduring power of evolutionary thought.