[Signed by the artist]. Ugomon: Skazka. [The Ugomon: Fairy tale. Verse].

Signed and inscribed by the illustrator: "Innochke ot / M. Mituricha / 13 V 61." [To Inna from M. Miturich 13 V 61.].


This verse is devoted to the wizard Ugomon who help people to fall asleep and quiet children down.

It was illustrated by May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008), an artist, nephew of futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov and son of avant-garde artist Vera Khlebnikova. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where later he taught. In 2005 Mirutich was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.


The book was signed to an artist and Miturich's friend Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period called as the Khrushchev Thaw.


First edition. The only edition with these illustrations.


We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the US libraries.

OCLC locates only one copy of this edition: in the International Youth Library in Munich.