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Photobooks from the 1939
All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow


(1) Koretsky, V. 
Pravda 
August 1, 1939
opening of exhibition  

The All-Union Agricultural Exhibition opened in Moscow on August 1, 1939, coinciding with the New York World's Fair, which was then in progress. The Soviets published numerous photo books for their exhibition to demonstrate the achievements of the socialist state in areas of collective farming and related subjects. The design and construction of the exhibition facilities in Moscow were major building projects of that decade. The grounds remain in use to this date.

We know of no larger offering of these exhibition photo books than those below. Designers included Rodchenko, Stepanova, Telingater, Sedel'nikov and Klinch, among
others.

Please contact us for details and pricing.  

References are to: [1] Karasik, M., Morozov, A., Snopkov, A.  Paradnaia kniga strany Sovetov. Great Stalinist Photographic Books. Russian language. Kontakt-Kul'tura. Moscow. 2007. [cited below as SovFot 1]; and [2] Karasik, M. The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941. English language. Edited by M. Heiting. Steidl. Göttingen. 2015. [cited below as SovFot 2].


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(2) Klinch, B., Agrolesomelioratsiya. Torf. Agroforestry. Peat. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½".  





(3) Sedel'nikov, N., Vsesoiuznaia sel'skokhoziaistvennaia vystavka. All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Izogiz. Moscow, 1939. 5 ½" x 7 ¾". SovFot 1, p. 40.  





(4) Zhukov, A., Arkhitektura vsesoiuznoi sel'skokhoziaistvennoi vystavki 1939.
Architecture of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition 1939. All-Union Academy of Architecture. Moscow, 1939. 7" x 8 ½".





(5) Armianskaia SSR na VSKhV. Armenia at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½".




(6) Fisher, N., Azerbaidzhanskaia SSR na VSKhV. Azerbaijan at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". 






(7) Aleksandrov, V. and Burov, K., Pchelovodstvo. Beekeeping. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, p. 207.  





(8) Khlopkovodstvo. Cotton Production. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 536-539.  




(9) Lebedev, A., Merkyshov, M., Obolensky, S., Khlopkovodstvo v SSSR, Cotton Production in the USSR. Narkomzema. Moscow, 1940. 14" x 10".  





(10) Krylova, V. and Stepanov, Ye., Gruziia na VSKhV. Georgia at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 542-543.  





(11) Shishlovsky, N., Zernovoe khoziaistvo. Grain Economy. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 530-533.  





(12) Litvak, L., Konevodstvo. Horse Breeding. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 520-523.  





(13) Telingater, S., Kazakhskaia SSR na VSKhV. Kazakhstan at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, p. 204.  





(14) Novoe v derevne. New Village. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". 





(15) Surikov, A. Maslichnye i tekhnicheskie kul'tury. Oilseeds and Industrial Crops. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½".  





(16) Klinch, B., Svinovodstvo. Pig Breeding. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 524-527.  





(17) Khizhinstogo, L. and Ushakova-Poskochina, M.; Pochetnaia kniga. Book of Honor. Georgian ed. OGIZ. Moscow, 1939. 14" x 21". SovFot 1, p. 39 (Uzbekistan edition).  




(18) Belov, A., Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo. Poultry. Rabbits. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, p. 209.  
 




(19) N. Ilin. Smotr pobed sotsialisticheskogo sel'skogo khoziaistva. Review of the Victory of Soviet Agriculture SovFot. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11". SovFot 1, pp. 196-198; SovFot 2, pp. 508-511.  





(20) Bazhanova, A., RSFSR na VSKhV. RSFSR at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, pp. 202-203. 





(21) Sedel'nikov, N., Kauchukonosy. Rubber Plants. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 540-541.  





(22) Aleksandrov, v. and Burov, K., Shelkovodstvo. Sericulture. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, p. 208.  





(23) Sedel'nikov, N., Ovtsevodstvo. Sheep Breeding. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 2, pp. 528-529. 




(24) Rabishchev, A., Sotsialisticheskoye zernovoe khoziaistvo. Socialist Grain Farming. Narkomzema. Moscow, 1940. 14" x 10".  




(25) Nadezhdii, V., Sovetskoe plodovodstvo. Soviet Fruit. Narkomzema. Moscow, 1940. 14" x 10".  





(26) Stepanova, V. and Rodchenko, A., Sovkhozy na VSKhV. State Farms at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1941. 9" x 11 ¾". SovFot 1, pp. 199-201; SovFot 2, pp. 546-549.  





(27) Mei, E. and Fridkin, B., Sakharnaia svekla. Sugar Beets. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940.   9" x 11 ½".  





(28) Designer not identified, Turkmenskaia SSR na VSKhV. Turkmenistan at the 1939 All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½".  





(29) Kogan, Ye. with text by El-Registan, Uzbekskaia SSR na VSKhV. Uzbekistan at the 1939 All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Goskinoizdat. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½". SovFot 1, p. 205; SovFot 2, pp. 544-545. 




(30) Ovoshchevodstvo v SSSR. Vegetable Production in the USSR. Narkomzema. Moscow, 1940. 14" x 10".




(31) Surikov, A., Ovoshchi. Kartofel'. Vegetables. Potatoes. OGIZ-Selkhozgiz. Moscow, 1940. 9" x 11 ½".  
 
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