06 Aug

На Командорах / On the Commander Islands – Sea Birds

kairiQuick and dirty translation, part 2. See also, part 1, Fur Seals.

На Командорах [Na Komandorakh] On the Commander Islands. Author: Gennady Snegirev. Artist: M. Miturich. Izdatel’stvo “Malish”. Publisher “Little One”. For older preschoolers. A print run of 350,000 in 1975. Cost, 16 kopecks.

Full Russian book scanned here.

In spring endless caravans of murres [кайра] fly to the hanging cliffs.

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