Rich with useful data, these books provide addresses and phone numbers, including those of well-known figures of art, culture and politics as well as information and ads about government institutions, party, business and professional organizations, societies, clubs, cultural and educational institutions, financial and credit institutions for industry and trade.
Rarely found individually, much less in groups, this collection of 12 telephone and directory books- -all but one from Moscow (plus one from Leningrad)- -offers insights into the early Soviet era that are unavailable from other sources.