No Harry Potter, Please

Those Russian bearded guys cannot stand Harry Potter books, especially the latest one. They gather in groups in public places and burn down a couple of “Harry Potters”.
Pillow Book

Some Russian designers have started a production of a Pillow Book, it’s soft enough and can be used to store a book inside and read it from time to time…
Russian Kids Book: Tank Structure

Someone has submitted us a scan of one page from Russian book for children about the structure of the tanks. This actual page shows the tank in “cut”, and if to look closer they show the tank driver in cut too for some weird reason…
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Russian Scary Books for Naughty Kids

In early 90s you could buy special children books for misbehaving kids in Russia.
This is an example of such a book. Kid, who is reading this book, is being promised many scary things to encounter if he doesn’t obey to mother or father. Here are some translations:
“You’ll fall deep inside a hole
if you don’t obey to your mom”
“If you plan not to listen to father
wild black cats would scratch your brother”
