Measures approx. 10" x 13", printed on high-quality coated paper, 32 pp. excluding the covers. Heavily illustrated with b/w and color photos, and drawings. Circulation unknown.

In fair to good condition. The fold line between the covers is completely separated, but the internal pages are all present, held firmly together by two binding staples If desired, repairing it is a relatively easy DIY job requiring a length of tape and a long stapler. The internal pages are clean and show only minimal wear.

The Soviet Latvian Zvaigzne (Star) looks and feels exactly like the So

Measures approx. 10" x 13", printed on high-quality coated paper, 32 pp. excluding the covers. Heavily illustrated with b/w and color photos, and drawings. Circulation unknown.

In fair to good condition. The fold line between the covers is completely separated, but the internal pages are all present, held firmly together by two binding staples If desired, repairing it is a relatively easy DIY job requiring a length of tape and a long stapler. The internal pages are clean and show only minimal wear.

The Soviet Latvian Zvaigzne (Star) looks and feels exactly like the Soviet All-Union magazine Ogonyok (Little Flame), mixing propaganda with a sprinkle of theater and literature here, and sports and leisure there to whet the readers' interest. Latvian SSR was only ten years old in 1950, or five years old if you subtract the years under the Nazi Germany. So, the mix of propaganda and culture is heavy on the propaganda. The issue opens with a large article about Stalingrad, perhaps to reinforce the feeling of the might of the Soviet State in Latvian minds, and then goes on to extoll the benefits of the Soviet school system, collective farms, industry, and science.

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