Badges of the Soviet security services (Kutsenko & Rudichenko)

[Tal Inbar]

BADGES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THE USSR by A. KUTSENKO AND A. RUDICHENKO This book covers the badges of the NKVD, KGB, MVD and other law enforcement agencies of the USSR.

169 pages showing black and white depictions and descriptions of the various law enforcement badges. Printed in 1991, Russian text.

[vatjan]

Does anyone have a translation for this book? Looking at the pictures is great but it would be really nice if I could understand, even a little, of what it is about.

Thanks
Jan

[Bill Dienna]

I think that one BIG roadblock in the way of creating more collectors in the Soviet field is the lack of multiple reference works in english. I believe that whoever starts publishing english translations of the texts is going to make a fortune, and the numbers of collectors will expand dramatically.

[Tal Inbar]

the numbers of collectors will expand dramatically.

So, let the books remain in Russian.......

[vatjan]

Ah yes, quite right, quite right.
Well, it keeps the badges surrounded in myth as well. Maybe better so.
Still...? :rolleyes:
Jan

[Nota Bene]

Guys,

It's just my personal IMHO :), but I believe the book is so incomplete, it's not worth translating.

Alexei

[otlichnik]

I have a translation of the illustration captions, but not the entire text. Alexi is right that the text has many problems and may not be worth anyone's effort to translate. However, it is nice to be able to read the captions even if some are wonr and some fakes.

I can send a copy to anyone who PM's me. Alternately, I am happy to post the translation of the captions on the forum site as long as Art is comfortable with that. I think there would be no copyright problems as I did the translation myself, it is only partial (the captions) and Russia is still not a singatory of the international copyright agreement anyway.

Shawn

[scook17]

Shawn,

I think you'll find most authors would be quite happy to have book extracts published on a site like this, because it means more people buy the book. Half the problem with this field is most of the books are in Russian and it's difficult to know what books to look for, because without this sort of section to the forum no one by a select few even know what the books are called.

Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.

I have a translation of the illustration captions, but not the entire text. Alexi is right that the text has many problems and may not be worth anyone's effort to translate. However, it is nice to be able to read the captions even if some are wonr and some fakes.

I can send a copy to anyone who PM's me. Alternately, I am happy to post the translation of the captions on the forum site as long as Art is comfortable with that. I think there would be no copyright problems as I did the translation myself, it is only partial (the captions) and Russia is still not a singatory of the international copyright agreement anyway.

Shawn