Deutsche Demokratische Republik (20).

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

 

The hospitals and clinics at Berlin-Buch are equipped according to the latest standards of science

 

In the VEB Kamera und Kinowerke Dresden

Bridges in China: Old and new by Mao Yi-sheng (8)

Bridges in China: Old and new by Mao Yi-sheng.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1978.  All text is in English.

The Wulung River Bridge, Foochow, Fukien, built of rigid T cantilever beams of prestressed concrete, with a main span of 144 metres.

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (13)

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik.  Hardcover book published by SNTL, Prague 1957. All text is in English.

 

Hop-growing in Czech lands has a long tradition.

The photograph shows the poultry farm at Lanzhot in Moravia.

Moscow: A short guide by Valdimir Chernov (7)

Moscow: A short guide by Valdimir Chernov.  Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Moscow Progress Publishers 1979, 197 pages.

Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum.  In the foreground is the satue of Field Marshall Kutuzov, commander of the Russian Army in the patriotic war of 1812

Chinese Martial Arts. (8)

Chinese Martial Arts.  Paperback published by Zhaohua Publishing House, Beijing, 1982.  All text is in English.

A scene from the Hongkong-produced wushu film Shaolin Monastery. Jueyuan, one of the 13 chivalrous monks played by Li Lianjie from Beijing, is in hot pursuit of a local despot.

Monk Jueyuan practising wushu in a bamboo grove.

Soviet Siberia (6).

Soviet Siberia by E. Klenov and G. Paderin.  Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1970, unpaginated with colour and black and white photographs.

Building is going on apace all over Siberia: new power stations and coal mines, gold fields and ports, iron-ore and platinum mines…

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden) (2)

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden).  Paperback booklet published by Berlin-Information 1980, 40 pages.

 

Innenraum des Mahnmals für die Opfer des Fashnismus und Militarismus

Jeden Mittwoch 14:30: Großer Wachaufzug vor dem Mahnmal