"Hardy Boys" in Russian

[Marina Balina]

The first two books that come to my mind would be Valentin Kataev, "Beleet
parus odinokii", 1936, and Veniamin Kaverin, "Dva kapitana", 1946.  There
were no special series designated for boys (this is much more a post-soviet
phenomenon) but the adventure element in children's narratives had the most
stable presence in stories for both boys and girls during all years of
soviet children's literature existence.
Marina Balina

2011/9/13 Robert Orr <colkitto at rogers.com>

> This one's quite fun ......
>
> Aleksejev S., Рассказы о Суворове и русских солдатов, Moscow: Detgiz: 1963.
>
> The University of Alberta Libnrary may still have a copy ......
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Schillinger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] "Hardy Boys" in Russian
>
> Hi Victor!
>
> Anatoly Rybakov was a popular writer of books for Soviet youth before he
> became known for Children of the Arbat.  His early works in that genre
> include a Hardy Boys-type series of adventure stories on a Young Pioneer
> (and later, Komsomol) background, beginning with Kortik (The Dirk),  and
> including Bronzovaja ptica, Vystrel, Prikljuchenija Krosha, and Kanikuli
> Krosha.  Kortik was available as a graded reader published by Russkij jazyk
> (1989), but is no doubt hard
> or impossible to find.   You can, however, download Kortik from the
> internet.
>
> John
> On Sep 13, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Victor Svec wrote:
>
> > Is anyone familiar with a children's book series that is similar to
> > the "Hardy Boys"? Something for your native readers with not much
> > depth, but lots of adolescent adventure.
> >
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Marina Balina
Isaac Funk Professor
Professor of Russian Studies
MCLL Department
Illinois Wesleyan University,
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702

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