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This periodical was published in four issues between September 1945 and January 1948.

This was one of the Penguin periodicals launched after the victory of the 'Big Three' Allies (Britain, USA and Russia) in 1945. However, the onset of the 'Cold War' between the 'East' and the 'West' which followed saw this venture grind to a halt in 1948.

Each of the four volumes were published in the slightly larger format (8x5 inches).

We are pleased to provide a list of contents for each issue of the periodical. This not only helps identify individual items (contributions and contributors) but also provides a flavour of what was contemporary.

Information and cover photographs of the The Penguin RUSSIAN REVIEW Periodical:

Number: RR1	Series No.: RR1 Title: THE PENGUIN RUSSIAN REVIEW - 1 Date Published: September 1945 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd Price: 1/- Contents: MOSCOW - WINTER 1944 by Paul Winterton THE LAND QUESTION AND THE 1917 REVOLUTION by Victor S. Frank RUSSIAN FARMING by S. P. Turin THE MAKING OF AN ANGLO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE by E. Steinberg CONVERSATIONS CHURCH AND PEOPLE IN RUSSIA by E. Lampert THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE SOVIET UNION by P. L. Kapitza THREE POEMS by Constantin Simonov TWO FRIENDSby Lev Slavin
Number: RR2	Series No.: RR2 Title: THE PENGUIN RUSSIAN REVIEW - 2 Date Published: March 1946 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 1/- Contents: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE ? by Walter Elliot FIRST CONTACT WITH POLAND by Alexander Werth RUSSIA'S OIL by E. M. Friedwald A LETTER by Walt Whitman THE SOVIET MUSICAL INHERITANCE by Edwin Evans THE FREEDOM TO CREATE by Alexis Tolstoi ON THE PROVERBS OF RUSSIA by Andrew Guershoon-Colin DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT by Nikolai Gubsky A BIRTH ON CUCUMBER ISLAND by B. Gorbatov TO THE READER
Number: RR3	Series No.: RR3 Title: THE PENGUIN RUSSIAN REVIEW - 3 Date Published: March 1947 Pages: 128pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 1/- Contents: EDITORIAL COMMENT THE RUSSIAN WAY by Edward Crankshaw THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVASTATED AREAS IN THE U.S.S.R. AND THE NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN (1946-1950) by S. P. Turin SOVIET INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION by E. M. Friedwald MAGNITOGORSK by H. A. Meek and J. S. Gregory THREE TALES by Maxim Gorki THREE SKETCHES by V. Kaverin SOME TRENDS IN RUSSIAN SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by E. Lampert NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MODERN SOVIET ARCHITECTURE by Georges K. Loukomski
Number: RR4	Series No.: RR4 Title: THE PENGUIN RUSSIAN REVIEW - 4 Date Published: January 1948 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 1/6d. Contents: EDITORIAL COMMENTARY RUSSIA TODAY ECONOMICS: LABOUR IN THE U.S.S.R. by S. P. Turin THE ARTS: THE LAST DECADE; A STUDY IN SOVIET LITERATURE by George Reavey BACKGROUND TO RUSSIA FOREST AND STEPPE: THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER OF A HISTORY OF RUSSIA by John Lawrence, O.B.E. RUSSIAN PEOPLE THE EDUCATION OF THE EMOTIONS: SIX SKETCHES by N. I. Leontieva; translated by W. L. Goodman THE RUSSIANS AND OURSELVES THE SCOTS IN RUSSIA by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart ETERNAL RUSSIA THE RUSSIAN CHARACTER; RUSSIA AND SOCIALISM by Alexander Herzen; translated by Constance Garnett THE RUSSIAN GENIUS: ALEXANDER BLOK by A. Guershoon Colin TAILPIECE COMRADE PIGEON by Romain Gary

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