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Persian Literature for Children

About the Iranian Collection

The library's extensive holdings of books, periodicals and newspapers in Oriental languages are concentrated in the Department of the Literature of Asian and African Countries. The department's stocks include a collection that embraces books in the numerous Iranian languages – Balochi, Dari, Kurdish, Persian, Pashto etc. It is one of the most rich collections in the department: the Iranian holdings contain 4726 books in Persian, 183 items in Kurdish, 23 in Balochi and 804 – in Pashto.

Much information about the collection is found in inventory books. The first records in them are dated to 1939, when the Iranian holdings began to be catalogued. It was established that the main acquisitions had came from Tashkent, Kazan, Moscow and Tehran. The books published in the first third of the 19th century can be considered as the earliest items in the Persian Collection. Among them are the famous Gulistan (The Rose Garden) by the major Persian medieval poet Saadi Shirazi – the volume with a very elegant cover was issued in 1828 in Tabriz. In former times, it was a part of the collection of General Sukhtelen – this fact is proved by a magnificent bookplate on the first flyleaf. And at the end of the book there is a handwritten note which contains a detailed commentary about the history of the publication.

Another book that once belonged to the student of the Shusha non-classical secondary school Javad Gadzhiyev, looks very touching. Obviously, Javad was a great lover of poetry, because he carefully marked rhymed passages in the text. The pages of other books also bear a lot of bookplates and owners' inscriptions; notes in their margins, written both in Russian and in European and Asian languages, are especially valuable. But among the ancient volumes, of course, there is no children's books & hellip;

Of course, the so-called moralizing stories may be regarded as the forerunners of juvenile literature. This is a special genre, very popular in Persia. Not only professional writers, but any literate person could leave a kind of & laquo; testament & raquo; to their children, which eventually turned into a landmark of literature of the time.

Yet, a collection of ethical teachings is not children's literature in the modern sense of the term. This exhibition is dedicated exclusively to children's books. The theme for the first online exhibition from the Persian stocks has been chosen not by accident. The Department of the Literature of Asian and African Countries keeps many interesting children's books, about which we would like to tell more.

Saadi "Gulistan", 1928
Alexander Pushkin. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. Leningrad, 1966. (In Persian)
Anton Chekhov. Boys. Moscow, 1979. (In Dari, in Persian)
Aleksandr Kuprin. Yu-Yu. / Illustrations by David Borovsky. Moscow, 1978. (In Dari, in Persian)
Aleksandr Kuprin. The Elephant. / Illustrations by David Borovsky. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Leo Tolstoy. The Leo and the Dog. / Illustrations by Roman Davydov. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Leo Tolstoy. The Three Bears. / Illustrations by Yury Vasnetsov. Moscow, 1979. (In Persian)
Kuhi Kermani Hussein. Thirteen Tales: From Peasant Tales of Iran. - Tehran, 1954
Maxim Gorky. The Little Sparrow. / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Maxim Gorky. Danko's Burning Heart. / Illustrations by Vladimir Bisengaliev. Moscow, 1983. (In Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Chudo – derevo ("The Miraculous Tree"). Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Doctor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"). / Illustrations by Vladimir Suteev. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Moydodyr ("Wash 'til Holes"). / Illustrations by Evgeny Meshkov. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Samuil Marshak. The Сircus. / Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev. Moscow, 1975 г. (In Persian)
Samuil Marshak. Cubs in Cages ("Detki v kletke"). / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975 г. (In Persian)
Vsevolod Garshin. The Frog Traveler. / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian, in Dari)
Vitaly Bianki. The Red Hill. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Vitaly Bianki. The First Hunting. Moscow, 1981. (In Persian)
Agniya Barto. Mashenka. / Illustrations by Willie Trubkovich. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
Vladimir Suteev. Two Tales about the Pencil and Paints. / Illustrations by Vladimir Suteev. Leningrad,1960. (In Persian)
Sergey Mikhalkov. From a Carriage to a Rocket. / Illustrations by Vitaly Statsinsky. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Sergey Aksakov. The Scarlet Flower. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Lawrence Paul Elwell-Sutton. Persian Tales. Tehran, 1962 (In Persian)
Walt Disney. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tehran, 2014. (In Persian)
Muhammad Aslani
Muhammad Kazem Mazinani
Mostafa Haramain
Majid Derakhshani
Khosrow Babakhani
Mohammad Reza Bayrami
Dawud Amiriyan
Fariba Kalhor
Mojgan Sheikhi
Shokuh Gazemina
Nura Haqparast
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Yury Averenkov. Do you have the sun? Moscow, 1973. (In Persian)
Yakov Akim. The Bungler. Moscow, 1973. (In Persian)
Sergey Aksakov. The Scarlet Flower. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Dawud Amiriyan. One Moment before the Spring: storybook for children and teenages. Tehran, 2008. (In Persian)
Muhammad Aslani. The Smell of the Father's Hands: storybook for children and teenages, 2009. (In Persian)
A. Akhmedova. Spring Snow. Tale. [Moscow], without date.(In Persian)
Khosrow Babakhani. Migratory Swallows: storybook for children and teenages. Tehran, 2008. (In Persian)
Mohammad Reza Bayrami. Autumn in the Steppe: storybook for teenages. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Agniya Barto. Mashenka. / Illustrations by Willie Trubkovich. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
S. Baruzdin. We invite you to travel to the USSR. Moscow, 1973. (In Persian)
Sh. Beishenaliev. The Horned Lamb. / Illustrations by Lev Ilyin. Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
Vitaly Bianki. The Red Hill. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Vitaly Bianki. The First Hunting. Moscow, 1981. (In Persian)
G. Blinov. Clay Tales of the Grandmother Hamro. Moscow, 1985. (in Dari)
Eva Vasilevskaya. Tigers' Nephew. Moscow, 1975.(In Persian)
Unfailing Friend. Azerbaijani folk tale. [Moscow], without date. (In Persian)
Vsevolod Garshin. The Frog Traveler. / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian, in Dari)
Nina Gernet. Clever Masha. Moscow,1974. (In Persian)
Maxim Gorky. Maxim Gorky. The Little Sparrow. / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Maxim Gorky. Danko's Burning Heart. / Illustrations by Vladimir Bisengaliev. Moscow, 1983. (In Persian)
Nizami Ganjavi. The Brick Maker. [Moscow], without date (In Persian)
Majid Derakhshani. Like a Grandmother, like a City: storybook for children and teenages. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Walt Disney. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tehran, 2014. (In Persian)
Otar Iosseliani. The Tale about Bacho and Gocha. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Otar Iosseliani. One Day. Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
Fariba Kalhor. The Island of Wizards: storybook for children and teenages. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Shokuh Gazemina. The Story, Sweet like Honey. Tehran, 2000. (In Persian)
Valentin Kataev. The Flower of Seven Colorsк. / Illustrations by Veniamin Losin. Moscow, 1977. (In Persian)
Aleksandr Kuprin. Yu-Yu. / Illustrations by David Borovsky. Moscow, 1978. (In Dari, in Persian)
Aleksandr Kuprin. The Elephant. / Illustrations by David Borovsky. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Kuhi Kermani Hussein. Thirteen Tales: From peasant tales of Iran. – Tehran, 1954
Vyaceslav Legkobit. Everyone Likes to Draw. / Illustrations by Vyaceslav Legkobit. Moscow,1975. (In Persian)
The Fox and the Hare. Moscow,1973.(In Persian)
Tatiana Makarova. The Brave Ant. / Illustrations by Gennady Pavlishin. Moscow, 1977. (In Persian)
Samuil Marshak. The Сircus. / Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev. Moscow, 1975 г. (In Persian)
Samuil Marshak. Cubs in Cages ("Detki v kletke"). / Illustrations by Evgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1975 г. (In Persian)
Masha and the Bear. Russian folk tale. / Illustrations by Evgeny Rachev. Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
A. Mityaev. The Ant and the Astronaut. Moscow, 1978. (In Persian)
Sergey Mikhalkov. From a Carriage to a Rocket. / Illustrations by Vitaly Statsinsky. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Muhammad Kazem Mazinani. The Unfinished Story. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Emma Moshkovskaya. The Chicken Went to Kud-Kudaki. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
The Mouse, Sent for Water. Lithuanian folk tales. Moscow, 1979. (In Persian)
Mergen and his Friends. Nanai tale. / Illustrations by Gennady Pavlishin. Moscow, 1973. (In Persian)
A. Nekrasov. Friends. Moscow, 1982. (In Dari)
Nikolai Nosov. The Alive Hat. Moscow, 1977. (In Persian)
Konstantin Paustovsky. Steel Ring. / Illustrations by Tatiana Eremina. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
Eugene Permyak. The First Fish. Moscow,1977. (In Persian and in Dari)
Mikhail Plyatskovskii. I Flew on a Coud. / Illustrations by Victor Chizhikov. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Alexander Pushkin. he Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. Leningrad, 1966. (In Persian)
Sivka-Burka. Russian folk tale. Moscow, 1977. (In Persian)
The Blue Overdress, Sewn Inside Out. Byelorussian tale. / Illustrations by Vladimir Milashevsky. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Dog, He-Cat, She-Cat and Chicken. Russian folk tale. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
The Straw Bull-calf. Moscow, 1974.(In Persian)
Soroka-beloboka ("Magpie"). Russian folk playing song. / Illustrations by Yury Vasnetsov. Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
Vladimir Suteev. Vladimir Suteev. Two Tales about the Pencil and Paints. / Illustrations by Vladimir Suteev. Leningrad,1960. (In Persian)
Vladimir Suteev. Cat - Fisher. [Moscow], without date.(In Persian)
Javad Tardzhemanov. Shuktugan. / Illustrations by A. Kelennikov. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
Tereshechka. Russian folk tale. Moscow, 1987.
Leo Tolstoy. The Leo and the Dog. / Illustrations by Roman Davydov. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Leo Tolstoy. The Three Bears. / Illustrations by Yury Vasnetsov. Moscow, 1979. (In Persian)
Nura Haqparast. Green Winter. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Mostafa Haramain. Taste of Life. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Gennady Tsyferov. There Lived an Elephant Cub. Moscow, 1975.(In Persian)
Yevgeny Charushin. How Different Animals Live. / Illustrations by Yevgeny Charushin. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
Yury Cherepanov. Kiryushin's Pranks. / Illustrations by Yury Cherepanov. Moscow, 1976. (In Persian)
Anton Chekhov. Boys. Moscow, 1979. (In Dari, in Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Chudo – derevo ("The Miraculous Tree"). Moscow, 1974. (In Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Doctor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"). / Illustrations by Vladimir Suteev. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Korney Chukovsky. Moydodyr ("Wash 'til Holes"). / Illustrations by Evgeny Meshkov. Moscow, 1975. (In Persian)
Mojgan Sheikhi. Approaching Adolescence. Tehran, 2009. (In Persian)
Lawrence Paul Elwell-Sutton. Persian Tales. Tehran, 1962 (In Persian)
Teymur Elchin. The Snow Maiden. [Moscow], without date. (In Persian). [Moscow], б.г.(In Persian)
G. Yurmin. The Boy and the Airport. / Illustrations by Eduard Zaryansky. Moscow, 1978. (In Persian)