An unusual journey
By: Irina Raksha ; designed by Eduard Zaryansky ; translated from the Russian by Jan Butler.
Publisher: Progress Publishers; available from Imported Publications]
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Moscow; [Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Baĭkalo-Amurskai͡a︡ magistralʹ -- Fiction.; Railroads -- Soviet Union -- Fiction.; Siberia (Russia) -- Fiction.
Description: Eight-year-old Petya goes on a journey to Siberia with his father, a mechanic employed in the building of a railway stretching from Lake Baikal to the Amur River and on to the Pacific Ocean. Includes a section of photographs showing the natural life of the area and some of the steps in building a railroad.
Notes: Distributor statement from label mounted on cover.