Mindlin's Archive from Biblionne

One of 5 000 copies published. First and only Russian edition. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 ended in tragedy, claiming the lives of all three expedition members: S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg. Andrée, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed an audacious journey by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, with the ambitious aim of… Read more about this item

First and only edition. On May 25, 1928, the airship Nobile crashed on the Arctic Ocean ice, marking one of the greatest tragedies in aviation history and triggering the first major international search and rescue operation. Responding to the distress call, the Soviet Union, with its excellent resources, dispatched three Arctic icebreakers: the Malygin, the Sedov, and the Krasin. The Krasin… Read more about this item

20000 copies were printed. The icebreaker Krassin was built for the Imperial Russian Navy as Svyatogor and was completed in 1917. The most famous expedition of the Krassin was the rescue operation of Umberto Nobile and his surviving crew when their airship Italia crashed on the ice upon returning from the North Pole in 1928. In 1933 Krassin became the… Read more about this item

One of 3 000 copies published. This story by a well-known writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) is devoted to an old man who come to look at the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station construction, the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River. First edition in Russian was issued in 1933. The station was built in two stages. DniproHES-1 was originally built between 1927-1932 but… Read more about this item

Limited to 15000 + 100 copies. The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. This edition was issued in Jaᶇalif - the… Read more about this item

Limited to 7000 copies. The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. This edition was issued in Jaᶇalif - the first Latin… Read more about this item

Signed and inscribed by the author: "Chitai na zdorove! / Ariadne Rykovyan / ot / armyanskogo pisatelya / Em. Mindlinyantsa. / Moskva / 28/XII 1931" [You're welcome to read! To Ariadna Rykovyan from Armenian writer Em. Mindlinyantc. Moscow. 28/XII 1931]. Mindlin used two pre-reform orthography letters here. Limited to 5000 copies. The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's… Read more about this item

Limited to 5000 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author: "Ade - Gromadnoglazoy / ochen priyatelski / ot Avtora / Chang I-iy / khutor Moskva / 28/X god pyatiletki tretiy...." [To Big eyes Ada with all the best from author Chang the First khutor Moscow 28/X the third year of Five-year plan]. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) devoted this book to… Read more about this item

Limited to 5000 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author to the writer and Krassin's rescue operation participant Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Tovarishchu / Mindlinu, Emiliu / pisat' na pamyat' / chto libo nechego, ibo / chto mozhno napisat' / posle krasinskogo, / pokhoda, kazhushchegosya / seychas takim / milym, dalekim, fee- / richeskim i nikogda / ne byvshim. / V. Sukhanov… Read more about this item

Limited to 10000 copies. In 1928 a Soviet icebreakers Malygin and Krassin took part in the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. On this expedition, the polar aviator Mikhail Babushkin (1893-1938) flew several aerial searches over the Arctic in search of the airship. Flying in difficult meteorological conditions, Babushkin made fifteen landings on the ice. He was one of… Read more about this item

Limited to 6000 copies. In 1928 a Soviet icebreakers Malygin and Krassin took part in the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. This book includes essays about the expedition by the crew members: the leaders of expedition Vladimir Wiese and Alexey Lavrov, the polar aviator Mikhail Babushkin, the meteorologist Mikhail Loris-Melikov (in 1934 was arrested and died in prison),… Read more about this item

Limited to 10000 copies. Signed and inscribed by one of the authors to the writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Slavnomu pevtsu / Golfstrima i fiordov - / doktoru Mindlinu - / s druzheskim privetom / D. Yuzhin / 19 24/XII 29 / Moskva" [To famous voice of Gulf Stream and fjords, doctor Mindlin. Best wishes D. Yuzhin. 24/XII 1929 Moscow]. This book consists… Read more about this item

Limited to 10 000 copies. In 1928 Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1905-1936) was a meteorologist at the icebreaker Malygin during the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. The book is devoted to this expedition. Loris-Melikov was born in Paris. Almost no details are known about its origins, but he related to an old noble family that belonged to Georgia's top aristocratic society.… Read more about this item