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[NAVY] VAKHTA. A handwritten journal fully illustrated with drawings executed in pen, India ink, and watercolor. The illustrations are signed “S. Sh.” or “S. Sheff.” Issues 6/57 and 7/59, published in 1930. Published in Leningrad. 22.5 x 18 cm; each issue is presented in an illustrated hardcover (slight signs of wear). Rare, limited-edition publication. [FLEET] VAHTA. Monthly Illustrated Air and Sea Magazine. A hand-drawn magazine, fully illustrated with pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings. The illustrations are signed “S. Sh.” or “S. Sheff.” Issues No. 6/57 and 7/59 from 1930. Published in Leningrad. 22.5 x 18 cm; each part is presented in an illustrated cardboard cover (minor wear). An extremely rare, limited-edition publication. A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HANDWRITTEN PERIODICAL containing various reports concerning the Russian Navy and Air Force, primarily during the decade following the revolution. The reports describe the difficulties faced by various ships, including the *Prome*, *Paris Commune*, *Frunze*, and the icebreakers *Ermak* and *Lenin*, among others. One section is devoted primarily to the Turkish navy and military operations in the Black Sea from 1914 to 1917. The sections on aviation discuss Zeppelin airships and the British R-101. The magazine lists various authors, including F. Raskolnikov, L. Berman, A. Marti, P. Stasevich, and others. S. Sheff, who drew the illustrations, was likely the editor of this journal, which was published for several years; the available issues, numbered 6 and 7, date from the fifth year of publication.