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[SOVIET PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ACTIONS IN EGYPT] Uchites’ govorit’ na egipetskom dialekte arabskogo iazyka : Prakticheskoe posobie po arabskoi bytovoi leksike (egipetskii dialekt) [i.e. Learn to Speak Egyptian Dialect of Arabic Language : Guide to Arabic Everyday Vocabulary (Egyptian Dialect)]

Krapiva, G.

Item #1490

Moscow, 1968. 174, [1] pp. 20x16 cm. In original cardboards with lettering on front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed and bumped, few stains on p. 62-63, some marks occasionally and handwritten notes about alphabet on blank p.8, small stamp “checked” on verso of t.p.

For internal use only.
Soviet military specialists had served in Egypt since the Suez crisis in the mid-1950s. In 1955, Egypt made a major arms deal with the Soviet Union and from then, groups of Egyptian officers were trained in Eastern Bloc countries. Also, Soviet military translators and officials were sent to service in Egypt.
Shortly before the Great Patriotic war started, the Military Institute of Foreign Languages had been opened. In 1942, the Department of Middle Eastern Languages was established. They developed a methodology for accelerated training of translators and provided materials for self-education as well.
Among specialists of the Institute was a colonel Grigory Krapiva who prepared many translators who served with Soviet military units in Egypt. His phrasebook contains common topics for everyday talks, city excursions, visits to a dentist, hairdressing salon, museum, post office and so on.

Not found in Worldcat.

Price: $350.00