Sovetish: Almanac of Soviet Jewish Literature, in Yiddish, 1935, ## 2, 3, 5, 9-10, illust., Der Emes, Moscow, 

Soviet Avant-garde design, Rare! 

Edited by I. Dobrushin and M. Shatskes Moscow: Der Emes Publishing House, 

1935. No. 2 - 439 pp.; No. 3 - 440 pp., this issue with portrait of the writer Mendele Mocher Sforim No. 5 – 306 pp.,

Edition of 1500 copies No. 9-10 – 539 pp. 

This issue features an article dedicated to the Mikhoels Theatre with photos, which was later destroyed by the Stalinist regime. 

Covers worn, edges shabby; spine damaged; tears to three last leaves, page 537 torn, 

With affected text Limited edition of 2500-3000 copies. Soviet Avant-garde design – lithographed Dust Jacket and lithographed cover Soft covers and dust jackets, size: 22 x 15.5 cm. 

Condition: shabby edges of DJ and covers; yellow / light brown paper 

Total weight: 1960 gr. 

Table of publisher's imprint also in Russian An almanac published in Moscow from 1934-1941. 

Contributors included A. Kushnirov, I. Dobrushin, M. Litvakov, D. Bergelson, P. Markish, and others. 

Der Emes Publishing House ("Pravda") — the main Soviet Yiddish publisher This is a pre-war publication of Soviet Jewish literature, most of whose authors were later subjected to repression. After the late 1930s, such almanacs became rare, and after the war, the Jewish cultural environment in the USSR was virtually destroyed. 

Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels (16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1890 – 13 January 1948) was a Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater. Mikhoels served as the chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee during World War II. However, as Joseph Stalin pursued an increasingly anti-Jewish line after the War, Mikhoels's position as a leader of the Jewish community led to increasing persecution from the Soviet state. He was allegedly assassinated in Minsk in 1948 by order of Stalin or Lavrenti Beria.