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I was raised on these Soviet books in India and remember feeling sad and angry when Soviet Union broke up because all these amazing magazines (Misha anyone ?) stopped coming from Russia all of a sudden.

PS: I uploaded about 50 of these books (in Telugu language) at http://linkdot.link/sooviytt-prcurnnlu-childrens-books.html Would be a great resource for anyone trying to teach Telugu to their kids

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Same here. I loved the Misha books, and they were a special part of my childhood. I still remember the distinct smell of those books, and was really sad when they stopped arriving. I wasn't mature enough to understand the fall of Soviet union, but I distinctly remember the special TV programs on Doordarshan when PVN opened up the Indian economy. They had a really unique style which was so radically different from the ones available locally. Is there any online archive of these (in English preferably)

The smell yes! This may sound weird and is completely unrelated but I felt the smell of new Apple products comes very close to that of Misha magazines. Noticed it with every Apple hardware I bought so far starting from the 1st generation Macbook.

Science books from Mir, Raduga and Progress publications - https://mirtitles.org/ Children's books - http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/

Last time I checked, I couldn't find any sources for Misha other than a couple of them scattered across file sharing sites.

Same here, raised on a diet of Soviet books in Kerala, India. Misha was a favorite of mine. Still remember the publisher's names, Mir and Raduga publishers. There are other books like Firebird, some nice books about night sky and recreational mathematics ...

I really miss those books and wonder if some copies could be found for my daughter who is now of the same age when I used to read these books.

I used up all my Mishas for covering books unfortunately :/ Have just a couple of them. It's not that difficult to find the Science/Math books - Yakov Perelman, Little Mathematics Library etc in old book stalls in Andhra but you have to be really lucky to find children's story books.

You can check it out here. https://mirtitles.org/

Thanks for sharing. Brought back my memoirs with "MISHA". They were so lively and imaginative. Some copies we can get even now from book stores like "Vishalandhra". Russian books on space has inspired me alot to become an engineer. I used to like story of Yuri Gagarin from one of the Russian books.

I still have a copy of this(in telugu) in pristine condition :) - https://mirtitles.org/2011/12/08/science-for-everyone-this-f... Yes Visalandhra publishes some of the classics even now but the quality is deplorable compared to the originals. :/

I never read these. Is there any place where I could find the English and/or Hindi versions?

This should keep you busy :) http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/

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