"Khvalyes", Communist Literary Journal – Vitebsk, 1921 – Illustrations by Solomon Yudovin and Mark Malkin

"Khvalyes", Communist Literary Journal – Vitebsk, 1921 – Illustrations by Solomon Yudovin and Mark Malkin
Khvalyes, Organ fun dem yidishn byuro bam Vitebsker gub. Kommitet fun ruslender komunistishen yugent farband [Waves, Journal of the Jewish Department of the Russian Communist Youth Union of Vitebsk County]. [Vitebsk, 1921]. Illustrations by Solomon Yudovin and Mark Malkin.
Issues 3-4 of the journal "Khvalyes" (Waves), journal of the Russian Communist Youth Union. The journal, published by a group of authors from Vitebsk and aimed at young Jewish workers, manifested the futurist and expressionist trends in contemporary Yiddish literature. One of its editors was the poet Moses (Moshe) Yudovin (1896-1966), a relative of Solomon Yudovin.
This issue features poems, stories and articles by David Hofstein, Moses Yudovin, Isaac Nusinov, Mikhail Lermontov (translated by ber L.) and others, alongside illustrations by Solomon Yudovin and Mark Malkin (Malkin's family owned a printing press in Vitebsk before the Bolshevik Revolution. Together with Yudovin, he authored the book "Yiddisher Folks-Ornament" – "Jewish Folk Ornaments").
26, [2], 35-64, [4] pp (including the cover). Missing pp. 29-34. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Several closed and open tears (tape reinforcement to one leaf). Stamps and pen notations. Worn and damaged cover, restored.
Literature: Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930, by David Shner. USA, 2004. pp. 143-144.