Topotun i knizhka

A futuristic robot leads a Bolshevik-era child on a tour of a book manufacturing plant while also giving instructions for the proper care of books. The boy wears the red scarf, blue shorts, and matching helmet emblematic of membership in the Young Pioneers, a revolutionary youth movement that eventually spread throughout the Communist world. Here, illustrator Mikhail Tsekhanoveskii shares with young children his fascination with industrial-age technology. In 1929, he turned his hand to the new experimental art form of film animation and created the landmark work Post.

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Photos accessed from "Topotun i knizhka (Topotun and the book)."  International Institute of Social History. Accessed June 27, 2018.http://www.iisg.nl/collections/sovietchildren/2089-7.php