Russian Circus Correspondence Between Circus Director and USSR Ministry of Culture by Voldokhin, A. (M of C) and N. E. Vasil'evi (circus director)

1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Correspondence between the Ministry of Culture of the USSR/the Association of the National Circuses and the directors of a mobile travelling circus #8 from the Tajik Republic. 27pps + cover note + design calculations, specified rated loads of construction from the late 1950s. Text in handwritten ink, charts, calculations, these papers are in folder, tissue paper, one chart w/calculations measures about 50 cm x 80 cm (there are others) plus 25 sheets in red of designs, equations, construction comments, a few f/o oversized sheets included. Russian text only. Quite rare glimpse of a nomadic circus's construction and layout for its tour of the provinces during this sluggish period in Soviet history. Here the circus represented a sophisticated avant garde world beyond the scope of the poor audience that viewed them. Ask for photos. With this data you can start your own Stalinist-era circus.