America ("Америка"), US magazine sold in the USSR, #101, special JFK assassination issue.
Large format, measures 13 ½" x 11 ½", 60 pp. Russian text. Generously illustrated with b/w and color photos. This is a special issue dedicated mostly to two then-recent tragic events: natural disaster in Ft. Seward, Alaska and the JFK assassination. The issue features 2 inserts. One contains the text of the letter sent by president Lindon B. Johnson to the leaders of the Soviet Government on the eve of the year 1965. The other features large portraits of JFK and LBJ and a large article about the assassination and LBJ's assumption of the presidency. There is also much more textual and ph
Large format, measures 13 ½" x 11 ½", 60 pp. Russian text. Generously illustrated with b/w and color photos. This is a special issue dedicated mostly to two then-recent tragic events: natural disaster in Ft. Seward, Alaska and the JFK assassination. The issue features 2 inserts. One contains the text of the letter sent by president Lindon B. Johnson to the leaders of the Soviet Government on the eve of the year 1965. The other features large portraits of JFK and LBJ and a large article about the assassination and LBJ's assumption of the presidency. There is also much more textual and photo information throughout the issue This issue is not dated but the first insert suggests that it was published in the beginning of 1965 at the earliest.
In good condition. Unsurprisingly, this issue was in such demand by the readership that two centerfold sheets have separated from the binding staples. This can be easily repaired, of course. The same high demand is probably responsible for the wear to the cover. Thankfully, the size of the magazine is large enough that this wear is not too detractive. The internal pages show minimal corner and edge bumps to the paper but no rips, stains or any other significant damage.
America was the US response to the Soviet English-language propaganda magazines distributed in the US, such as USSR and Soviet Life. It was a huge ideological mistake of the communist regime as it opened a window into the American way of life for the Soviet readership behind the Iron Curtain. The magazine was a highly coveted item, to be collected or sold on the black market for exorbitant sums of money. Its distribution in the USSR was severely limited for decades, the limitations lifted only in late 1980s with the advent of "perestroika".
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