I scan English-language books, mostly from the USSR (PDFs ahoy)

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Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

I figure some here may find it neato. Here's a link: https://archive.org/details/@ismail_badiou

Over a thousand works have been scanned thus far, most of them published in the Soviet Union from the 1930s to as late as 1991. There are books scanned by other persons as well who are part of the same project of putting old Soviet/Marxist works online, e.g. works by Al Szymanski.

The books that aren't from the USSR are mostly from International Publishers and similar publishing houses (with their permission), or from countries with similarities to the USSR like the GDR, Poland, and what have you.

If anyone would like to donate for us to buy and scan more books, here's a PayPal link: https://paypal.me/NathanO149

Considering 800 works is a lot to wade through, I've been making lists of books by subject to help navigate (and will make further lists eventually, e.g. books on/about Soviet foreign policy):
* Marxist works on US history
* Works on international working-class movement (including First, Second, and Third Internationals)
* Works on histories of countries
* Soviet and pro-Soviet works related to World War II
* Books on Soviet foreign policy
* Soviet and other works on Africa
* Marxism-Leninism introductory reading list
* Compilations of writings by Marx, Engels, and Lenin on specific subjects
* Marxist works on philosophy and ethics
* Marxist works on religion
* 1960s-80s Soviet works on China, Mao, and/or Maoism

Enver Zogha has issued a correction as of 23:37 on Sep 15, 2023

# ? Jul 29, 2020 22:20

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Impkins Patootie: Apr 20, 2017

any smut?

# ? Jul 29, 2020 22:21

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Impkins Patootie posted:

any smut?

Unless you find people reminiscing about Marx and Engels or a Soviet introduction to the concept of surplus-value titillating, probably not.

# ? Jul 29, 2020 22:26

a few DRUNK BONERS: Mar 25, 2016

How do you feel about the sustainability of archive.org? Do you do anything with libgen?

# ? Jul 29, 2020 22:29

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

a few DRUNK BONERS posted:

How do you feel about the sustainability of archive.org? Do you do anything with libgen?

As far as I know archive.org's legal troubles have to do with its own efforts to scan copyrighted books and give people limited access to them, which is separate from the rest of the site's activities (e.g. ordinary users uploading stuff where copyright isn't an issue.)

If the entire site does go down, I or others involved in the project could upload stuff elsewhere.

# ? Jul 29, 2020 22:31

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

I'm glad you're still doing book scans! Have you found anything particularly weird or confusing?

# ? Jul 30, 2020 01:03

Finicums Wake: Mar 13, 2017; Can't post for 8 years!

this is a useful resource, thanks.

Enver Zogha posted:

Some of the books I have which I intend to scan in the coming months (as of July 29, 2020)
* Soviet books on Western economic theories during the 1930s-70s

i've always wondered how soviet economists viewed the work of western economists. please let us know in this thread when you have scanned these

# ? Jul 30, 2020 01:20

Ardennes: May 12, 2002

Enver Zogha posted:

I figure some here may find it neato. Here's a link: https://archive.org/details/@ismail_badiou

Okay, I got to ask, but is that eregime site related to the Frontier in any way?

I ask because it seems to have geopolitical forum games on it.

# ? Jul 30, 2020 01:41

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Grapplejack posted:

I'm glad you're still doing book scans! Have you found anything particularly weird or confusing?

Nah pretty much every book or pamphlet I've scanned is what I'd expect from the country I scanned it from.

Finicums Wake posted:

this is a useful resource, thanks.

i've always wondered how soviet economists viewed the work of western economists. please let us know in this thread when you have scanned these

A while back I did scan two Soviet works you'd find relevant: The Teaching of Political Economy: A Critique of Non-Marxian Theories and A Dictionary of Political Economy.

Ardennes posted:

Okay, I got to ask, but is that eregime site related to the Frontier in any way?

I ask because it seems to have geopolitical forum games on it.

I don't know what the Frontier is, but no. eRegime was founded in 2012, in part by goons.

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Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

this is cool

Enver Zogha posted:

* A few books covering the Derg in Ethiopia.

looking forward to this

# ? Jul 30, 2020 02:27

Ansar Santa: Jul 12, 2012

thanks ismail

# ? Jul 30, 2020 02:29

dead gay comedy forums: Oct 21, 2011

holy poo poo amazing work

# ? Jul 30, 2020 03:15

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/YouCantWinPod/status/1277682417353056259

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BIG HORNY COW: Apr 11, 2003

Would you like some copies of old Soviet books made for native peoples in Alaska?

# ? Jul 30, 2020 03:50

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

BIG HORNY COW posted:

Would you like some copies of old Soviet books made for native peoples in Alaska?

If those actually exist, sure. I'd scan them.

Years back I scanned a Soviet book titled The Peoples of the North and Their Road to Socialism which as the title suggests is about how Russia's indigenous communities were incorporated into the Soviet system.

# ? Jul 30, 2020 11:52

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

Do you have anything about Japan? I'm curious what the Soviet books on the topic look like considering their weird relations.

# ? Aug 1, 2020 10:27

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

I have come into possession of a three-volume + index set of the Soviet Military Encyclopedia (English version) that was published in the USSR back in the 1980s that I'd love to scan sometime... seems like a big project though...

# ? Aug 1, 2020 13:11

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Grapplejack posted:

Do you have anything about Japan? I'm curious what the Soviet books on the topic look like considering their weird relations.

Outside of USA, Western Europe, Japan: A Triangle of Rivalry, no.

There is a Soviet book I have titled The Rise and Fall of the Gunbatsu, which I'll scan together with other Soviet-related WWII stuff in a month or two.

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

I have come into possession of a three-volume + index set of the Soviet Military Encyclopedia (English version) that was published in the USSR back in the 1980s that I'd love to scan sometime... seems like a big project though...

If it was actually published in the USSR, and you ever actually ended up scanning it, I could turn your scanned images into a PDF and put it on archive.org for you.

# ? Aug 1, 2020 22:23

kingcobweb: Apr 16, 2005

could we get a 56k warning on this thread please?

# ? Aug 1, 2020 22:36

Virtual Russian: Sep 15, 2008

Not much on art in there. I've got some rare art historical stuff I could contribute.

# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:23

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Virtual Russian posted:

Not much on art in there. I've got some rare art historical stuff I could contribute.

Do you have the titles of the books?

Atrocious Joe posted:

looking forward to this

It has now been done. I've scanned the following books on Ethiopia:

* Ethiopia: Population, Resources, Economy by Georgi Galperin (1980, Soviet analysis)
* The Challenges of Drought: Ethiopia�s Decade of Struggle in Relief and Rehabilitation (1985, put out by the Ethiopian government)
* Resettlement and Rehabilitation: Ethiopia�s Campaign Against Famine by John Clarke (1986, a pro-Ethiopian-government account)
* Ten Years of the Ethiopian Revolution (1986, collection of articles by Soviet authors on facets of Ethiopian society)
* Eritrea: Dynamics of a National Question by Testfatsion Medhanie (1986, a pro-Soviet analysis of Eritrean self-determination)
* A Blindfold Removed: Ethiopia�s Struggle for Literacy (1991)

I also scanned a 1987 Soviet book titled What Is Marxism-Leninism? which as one might guess is meant as an intro to the subject.

Enver Zogha has issued a correction as of 23:04 on Aug 2, 2020

# ? Aug 2, 2020 23:02

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

i've got "Frederick Engels Paul and Laura LaFargue Coffespondence Volume 1-3". do you have a scan of that already?

# ? Aug 3, 2020 02:51

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Rutibex posted:

i've got "Frederick Engels Paul and Laura LaFargue Coffespondence Volume 1-3". do you have a scan of that already?

All three volumes exist online, I didn't scan them:
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-dEI1VHRLTmdOVlU/view (Volume 1)
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-MmpEbGY4OC1tLWM/view (Volume 2)
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-Q0dqR21kV05lQUU/view (Volume 3)

# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:53

BIG HORNY COW: Apr 11, 2003

Enver Zogha posted:

If those actually exist, sure. I'd scan them.

Years back I scanned a Soviet book titled The Peoples of the North and Their Road to Socialism which as the title suggests is about how Russia's indigenous communities were incorporated into the Soviet system.

I found a pile of them at the salvage area at the dump, but actually they are not in English. They are in either yu'pik or aleut that has been transliterated into cyrillic characters. They came from the library in Fairbanks and, according to the description inside, are meant to introduce Alaska natives to their cultural relatives in Siberia. I think they were made in AK into real bound books from photocopies of the originals.

I think they might be copies of this? https://www.uaf.edu/danl/project-updates/nikolay-vakhtin/

# ? Aug 3, 2020 04:08

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Enver Zogha posted:

All three volumes exist online, I didn't scan them:
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-dEI1VHRLTmdOVlU/view (Volume 1)
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-MmpEbGY4OC1tLWM/view (Volume 2)
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-Q0dqR21kV05lQUU/view (Volume 3)

ah cool, thats a better scan that what i did! i love soviet books they have no copyright page instead it just says "printed in the soviet union". this is how all books should be, gently caress copyrights

# ? Aug 3, 2020 11:39

err: Apr 11, 2005; I carry my own weight no matter how heavy this shit gets...

a few people on one of the leftist subs on reddit are doing a similar thing, i remember reading about it a year ago.

# ? Aug 3, 2020 11:47

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Enver Zogha posted:

Some of the books I have which I intend to scan in the coming months (as of August 2, 2020)
[...]
* Two Soviet books on nationalism

I've now scanned these: The Revolutionary Movement of Our Time and Nationalism and Nations and Internationalism.

I also scanned two other Soviet books, both from the 1960s: Soviet Financial System (which describes the system from its origins till the then-present, including stuff like budgets) and Socialist Nationalisation of Industry (which describes how nationalization in Soviet Russia and similar countries was carried out, the role of workers' control as a transitional measure preceding socialization, and also discusses the nature of nationalizations in capitalist countries and critiques social-democratic conceptions of nationalization.)

# ? Aug 13, 2020 10:54

twoday: May 4, 2005; C-SPAM Times best-selling author

Holy poo poo, this rules.

I am excited to read:

History of the Middle Ages
Tales of the Middle Ages
Soviet Russia Fights Neurosis
Quakers Visit Russia
A Short History of the World, Volume 1 (I loved the film adaptation of this)
Native Americans: The New Indian Resistance
Can Man Change the Climate? (1973)

Also, these covers:

What�s the history of these books? How did they end up in America?

# ? Aug 14, 2020 18:43

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

the trotsky book was written by a british communist and has tons of illustrations like

# ? Aug 14, 2020 18:48

twoday: May 4, 2005; C-SPAM Times best-selling author

I love the pharoanic beard

# ? Aug 14, 2020 18:49

twoday: May 4, 2005; C-SPAM Times best-selling author

twoday posted:

Can Man Change the Climate? (1973)

lmao, this book is all about how, in order to stave off the approaching ice age, humanity should engage in mega-projects that would pump warm water into the arctic sea in order to melt the polar ice cap in order to increase the amount of arable land in northern Siberia

# ? Aug 14, 2020 19:06

Victory Position: Mar 16, 2004

Hot poo poo! Do you have anything about municipal or public services in the USSR? I've been dying to learn more about how firefighting brigades, ambulance services, sanitation, and the like were handled and administrated.

# ? Aug 15, 2020 01:47

twoday: May 4, 2005; C-SPAM Times best-selling author

IIRC there was one called "planning in the USSR"

# ? Aug 15, 2020 02:07

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

twoday posted:

lmao, this book is all about how, in order to stave off the approaching ice age, humanity should engage in mega-projects that would pump warm water into the arctic sea in order to melt the polar ice cap in order to increase the amount of arable land in northern Siberia

well it seemed like a good idea at the time!!!

# ? Aug 15, 2020 02:14

twoday: May 4, 2005; C-SPAM Times best-selling author

some problems solve themselves

# ? Aug 15, 2020 02:22

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

twoday posted:

What�s the history of these books? How did they end up in America?

The Soviets seem to have used a company from 1970 onward called Imported Publications to... well, import Soviet books into the United States. I don't know how earlier Soviet books ended up in the US.

There was also a market for Soviet books in English-speaking countries like India, Ethiopia, and Guyana.

If you're into reading English-language Soviet books on scientific matters, then I have good news, someone scans books specifically about that: https://mirtitles.org/

Victory Position posted:

Do you have anything about municipal or public services in the USSR? I've been dying to learn more about how firefighting brigades, ambulance services, sanitation, and the like were handled and administrated.

The Soviets released a lot of books and booklets on their political system that I've scanned (e.g. The Soviet Form of Popular Government) and one book about their system of public control over conditions in enterprises and services (titled People's Control in Socialist Society) but I'm not aware of any that go into municipal or public services.

twoday posted:

lmao, this book is all about how, in order to stave off the approaching ice age, humanity should engage in mega-projects that would pump warm water into the arctic sea in order to melt the polar ice cap in order to increase the amount of arable land in northern Siberia

There's actually two Soviet books from 1968 and 1976 that discuss the years 2000 and 2017 (i.e. they make assumptions about what's in store for humanity by those points), and I'm sure their predictions are similarly.... odd. Alas, I don't have the books to scan (although I could potentially buy copies of them online months from now depending on the project's financial situation.)

# ? Aug 15, 2020 04:35

Organic Lube User: Apr 15, 2005

Any children's books or books about teaching children, particularly about Marxism?

# ? Aug 15, 2020 06:10

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Organic Lube User posted:

Any children's books or books about teaching children, particularly about Marxism?

It isn't a subject I scan, although I have scanned History of the Ancient World, History of the Middle Ages and Tales of the Middle Ages. The first two are translations of Soviet school textbooks aimed at 13-14 year olds, and third seems like the sort of text aimed around that age group as well (there's a Tales of the Ancient World but it's too pricey for me to get it.)

# ? Aug 15, 2020 06:16

Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Enver Zogha posted:

Some of the books I have which I intend to scan in the coming months (as of August 13, 2020)
[...]
* Soviet books on Western economic theories during the 1930s-70s

Finicums Wake posted:

i've always wondered how soviet economists viewed the work of western economists. please let us know in this thread when you have scanned these

I've now scanned these.

* Bourgeois Economic Thought 1930s-70s (1983)
* Contemporary Capitalism and the Middle Classes (1982)
* Keynesianism Today: A Critique of Theory and Economic Policy (1983)
* Western Europe Today: Economics, Politics, the Class Struggle, International Relations (1981, obviously not so much about economic theories but yeah)

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Enver Zogha: Nov 12, 2008; The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists.

Scanned some more books. Among them:
* The USSR Proposes Disarmament (1920s-1980s) which discusses Soviet proposals (and provides documentary materials) on military and nuclear disarmament.
* The Soviet Union and the Manchurian Revolutionary Base (1945-1949) which discusses the role of the Soviet Army in the war against Japan as well as in helping the Communist Party of China obtain victory against Chiang Kai-shek.
* Memoirs of a Chinese Marshal: The Autobiographical Notes of Peng Dehuai (1898-1974) which is... what it says, memoirs of one of the most famous CPC military leaders of the Chinese Civil War and Korean War, and also his account of the Lushan Meeting in 1959 where he criticized the Great Leap Forward.
* A KMT War Criminal in New China, an autobiographical account by a Kuomintang security official who, despite his anti-Communist past, was able to participate in public life after 1949 (except during the Cultural Revolution.) He also claims Zhang Chunqiao (one of the Gang of Four) had worked for the KMT as an agent during the 1930s.
* The Destiny of the World: The Socialist Shape of Things to Come, a Soviet book from 1979 predicting the future of socialism and capitalism. Evidently the author's predictions were a bit faulty.

I'm going to be scanning a lot more books over the coming month: English-language Chinese books from the early 90s providing biographies of all the Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas, a Soviet analysis of Gandhi and Nehru, a Soviet history of ancient philosophy, etc.

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