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25 pages: illustrations; 17 cm. Text in Russian. One of 1000 copies. Signed by the artist. A copy with a different cover (see item #989). As of May 2024, OCLC lists a single copy of this book at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukov (1908-1973) was a distinguished Russian graphic designer, cartoonist, and artist best known for his evocative wartime illustrations and influential post-war book designs.

25 pages: illustrations; 17 cm. Text in Russian. Edited by E. E. Zhuravlev. Signed by Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukov in 1951. As of May 2024, OCLC lists a single holding of this item at the Thomas J. Watson Library, housed within the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukov (1908-1973) was a prominent Russian graphic designer, cartoonist, and artist celebrated for his wartime illustrations and post-war book designs. During World War II, he served as the artistic director of the "Studio of Military Artists named for Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov." He contributed illustrations to ?Pravda? and the army newspaper ?To Defeat the Enemy.? Post-war, Zhukov became renowned for illustrating ?The Story of a Real Man? (1952) and ?Memoirs of Marx and Engels? (1956), and his posters earned him notable recognition. His honors include the Stalin State Prize (1943, 1951), People's Artist of the USSR (1963), and the Order of Lenin (1967). A house museum was created in Yelets to commemorate his legacy in 1992.