Item Summary

A story in rhyme about the Volkhov Hydroelectric Plant, which is located approximately 76 miles (122 km) east of St. Petersburg on the Volkhov River. As the first hydroelectric plant in the Soviet Union, the plant figured prominently in Lenin's electrification plan for the country, as a key alternative energy source to coal. Construction of the plant began in 1918, and the plant opened in 1926. Title of this book (80,000 horses) refers to the amount of energy generated by the plant.

Descriptive Information

Title
80,000 loshadeĭ / V. Voinov ; risunki B. Pokrovskogo.
Call Number
Pams / NR 20 / Cyrillic / Box 43 153267
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/n870zt57n
Publisher
Leningrad : Gos. izd-vo, 1925.
Language
Russian
Date Created
1925
Extent
[12] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title and imprint from cover.
Binding Note
Pub. color-printed pictorial wrappers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Illustrated children's books—Soviet Union
Children's literature—Soviet Union
Electrification—Soviet Union—Juvenile poetry
Stories in rhyme

Physical Characteristics

File Count
15

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7271c39a-2686-4b20-9273-d794ffd9848a/manifest