Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration (Springer Praxis Books)

This book delivers exactly what it says on the tin. There's a detailed description of the Lunar exploration carried out by the USSR - and the very early stories are particularly well done. The 'Russian' section is sketchy, mostly due to Russian Moon plans being, well, sketchy.The only minor drawback with the book has to be the pictures, which are rather muddy. Few good (in modern terms) Soviet spaceflight pictures exist, so it's not surprising. So, don't expect a picture book - this is a story, not an art exhibit.

The book is very informative, with many details of less known facts.Highly recommended for all who are interested in space exploration.

The defenitve book on the soviet moonshot. From the early plans of cheif designer Korolev in the 1950's to send a probe impact the moon to the Lunhokods whelled probes in the early 1970's. The core of the book, and to my opinion is the view of the many soviet plans to send a crew around the Moon(space hero Alexis Leonov would have been the commander on a Zond space ship) and the eventual moon landing.