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sputnik MONTHLY DIGEST RUT ame elk e Yuri Gagarin’s last day— by his widow Marriage and divorce in the USSR Why people move to Siberia The Siege of Leningrad The Geographical Magazine now has a whole new look. Larger size, superb print, more colour photography, the latest maps. Above all, it presents Geography as a human subject - a fascinat- ing study of people and the effects of their environment. Qeographical keeps up witha changing world. HOW MANY OF THESE 20 AUTHORS ARE YOUR FAVOURITES? H. E, BATES WINSTON GRAHAM WILLIAM SANSOM W. H. CANAWAY WILLIAM HAGGARD WILLIAM SAROYAN HENRY CECIL GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD —LESLIE THOMAS. R. F. DELDERFIELD JAMES LEASOR PATRICK TURNBULL RONALD DUNCAN ERIC MALPASS DAVID WALKER VICTOR FRANCIS WOLF MANKOWITZ YEVGENY MICHAEL GILBERT BERKELY MATHER YEVTUSHENKO New stories by these 20 distinguished writers appeared with many more in ARGOSY last year. And 1969 will be another year for a big crop of big-name contributors starting with John le Carré, Gerald Kersh and Alec Waugh in the January issue. A subscription to Argosy makes an IDEAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT January (Christmas) a i S NOWON NOW ON SALE 3/6 The world’s best short story magazine CONTENTS : Letters to the Editor 2 The Sage of Samarkand Vokrug Svera 8 Valentina Gagarina Tells of Yuri’s Last Day Alexei Golikov 16 Maxim Gorky Recalls Lenin 20 A Russian Robinson Crusoe Nedelya 28 Sputnik Spotlight Vladimir Pozves 22 Marriage and Divorce in the Soviet Union Yevgeni Voroziteikin 35 Microbe Hunters Komsomolskaya Prave: . sdely 45 Man of Fables Sergei Mikhalkoy 35 Facets of Soviet Jazz Vladimir Mihailo 64 Socialism and Religion: 70 The Russian Orthodox Church in New Social Conditions Journal of i2hnorccw Patriar: ‘aie 74 Siberia Soviet Pr: © 80 Tlya Repin, painter Soviet Press 104 Folk Craft Miracle Galina Baluycva ' 119 The Poetry of Motherhood Iskusstvo 12 Experiments in Teaching Soviet Press 12¢ Of Horses and Men Yulian Semyorey 140 The Siege of Leningrad Dmitri Pavlov Ide Russian for You 17 Photo and picture credits: COVER, Nikolat Rakhmanoy; p.7, Vadim Konopliansky; p.39, Alexei Tertyshnikov; pp-80-103, Alexei Zhigailov; pp.104-117, Efim Pekurovsky, Pavel Balabanov; pp.118-126, Alexei Bushkin; p.143, Adolph Tsyupa, seeee "Design: Natalia Mishchenko and Tatyana Rankova. SPUTNIK is edited and compiled by the NOVOSTI PRESS AGENCY (APN), 2 Pushkin Square, Moscow, USSR. Chairman of the APN Board: BORIS BURKOV. Fditorial Editor in-Chief, Oleg Feofanoy. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Nikolai Litchak. Assistant Editor-in-Chief (advertising and distribution), Yuri Ivanov. Managing Editor, Vladimir Pozner. Editor, English Editiun Sergei Chulaki. Art Director, Anatoli Galkin. Technical Editor, Berta Bresler. Sputnik is published by The Daily Mirror Newspapers Lid. by agreem Copyright reserved by Novosti Press Agency. vith

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