[CONSTRUCTIVISM - PHOTOMONTAGE - AVIATION] Samolet: organ Soiuza Aviakhim SSSR... [Airplane: organ of the Aviakhim Union of the USSR...]. Vol. II, no. 4 (April 1925)

Single issue of the exceedingly rare journal "Samolet" (Airplane), published by the "Society of Friends of the Air Fleet". The original iteration of the journal was published in thirty-one issues from 1924 to 1926 and served as the primary print organ for early Soviet aviation enthusiasts. It eventually became aligned with the Soviet Society for National Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction which operated until 1948, and the title was changed in 1926. The organization trained the Soviet public in aviation and chemical defense. As part of the program, the organization provided semi-extra curricular training (via a network of circles and teams) in defense and action in case of air and chemical attacks. Citizens were also encouraged to take an aviation test, which included basic parachute deployment, and receive certification in "preparedness for air and chemical attacks." The present journal contains articles on ODVF, the Society of Friends of the Air Fleet, the first non-professional aviation association in the Soviet Union, various advances in aviation and flight technology, the use of planes for transportation, how photographs are taken from the air, aviation propaganda among children, and the use of "agitpolety", long-distance flights used for propagandistic and educational goals.

The journal is perhaps most noteworthy for the large poster-like avant-garde photo-montage designs to rear wrappers, most of which were unsigned, but which also included work by Aleksandr Rodchenko and David Shterenberg.

As of February 2024, these early issues could not be traced via KVK, OCLC. Single issue of the exceedingly rare journal "Samolet" (Airplane), published by the "Society of Friends of the Air Fleet". The original iteration of the journal was published in thirty-one issues from 1924 to 1926 and served as the primary print organ for early Soviet aviation enthusiasts. It eventually became aligned with the Soviet Society for National Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction which operated until 1948, and the title was changed in 1926. The organization trained the Soviet public in aviation and chemical defense. As part of the program, the organization provided semi-extra curricular training (via a network of circles and teams) in defense and action in case of air and chemical attacks. Citizens were also encouraged to take an aviation test, which included basic parachute deployment, and receive certification in "preparedness for air and chemical attacks." The present journal contains articles on ODVF, the Society of Friends of the Air Fleet, the first non-professional aviation association in the Soviet Union, various advances in aviation and flight technology, the use of planes for transportation, how photographs are taken from the air, aviation propaganda among children, and the use of "agitpolety", long-distance flights used for propagandistic and educational goals.

The journal is perhaps most noteworthy for the large poster-like avant-garde photo-montage designs to rear wrappers, most of which were unsigned, but which also included work by Aleksandr Rodchenko and David Shterenberg.

As of February 2024, these early issues could not be traced via KVK, OCLC.