Rainbow Publishing House, 1922-1930

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RAINBOW Publishing House was founded in 1922. Journalist L. M. Klyachko was its creator and owner. The main office was situated in the Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor, the editorial board was housed in the flat of Klyachko (14 Stremyannaya Street). The publishing house had a subsidiary in Moscow. It published children's books, adventure novels and popular-science literature. A. L. Barto, V. V. Bianki, L. I. Borisova, B. S. Zhitkov, S. Y. Marshak, K. I. Chukovsky were among the authors. Books published in the publishing house were distinguished by their high level of artistic decoration thanks to the participation of artists Y. P. Annenkov, B. M. Kustodiev, V. V. Lebedev, S. V. Chekhonin. The publishing house was closed in 1930.

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M. V. Zakharova. Annenkov Yury Pavlovich
Barto Agnia Lvovna
Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich
Borisov Leonid Ilyich
Chekhonin Sergey Vasilievich
Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich
Klyachko Lev Moiseevich
Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich
Lebedeva V.V.
Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich
Zhitkov Boris Stepanovich
Stremyannaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Шаманова С. Е. Издательство "Радуга" (1920-е гг.) // Книга: Исслед. и материалы. М., 1994
Белов С. В. Л. М. Клячко и издательство "Радуга": (У истоков сов. дет. книги) // Вопросы истории советской книги и библиографии. Л., 1978
Каталог детских книг издательства "Радуга" на ... [1925, 1926, 1927 гг.]. Л.; М., Б. г. Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor