100 books for schoolchildren

100 books for schoolchildren (Russian: 100 книг для школьников, romanizedsto knig dlya shkolnyikov) is the list of books for extracurricular reading by schoolchildren[1] recommended by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, published in 2013.[2]

The list was initiated by Vladimir Putin's "Russia: The National Question" (Россия: национальный вопрос) published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta in 2012.[3][4]

The list was discussed for a week in 2012 at various online and print literary and cultural media of the Russian Federation, including the Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[2] The reception of the idea of the list and the list itself was mixed.[4]

Elena Nizienko of the Ministry clarified that it does not include the books included into the school curriculum. Noting that usually the official documents are perceived as directive, she clarified that it a recommended, rather than an obligatory reading list. She also noted that the list will be periodically updated[5]

The 100 books encompass 139 individual works.

The list

[a] [b] Title Author
1 1 A Book of the Blockade Ales Adamovich and Daniil Granin
2 2 The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years Chinghiz Aitmatov
3 The White Ship
3 4 Ticket to the Stars Vasily Aksyonov
5 The Island of Crimea
4 6 My Brother Plays the Clarinet Anatoly Aleksin
5 7 Dersu the Trapper Vladimir Arsenyev
6 8 Shepherd and Shepherdess Viktor Astafyev
9 Queen Fish
7 10 Odessa Stories Isaac Babel
11 Red Cavalry
8 12 Ural Tales Pavel Bazhov
9 13 The Republic of ShKID Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev
10 14 The Moment of Truth Vladimir Bogomolov
11 15 The Battalions Request Fire Yuri Bondarev
16 The Hot Snow
12 17 Emperor Alexander III Alexander Bokhanov
13 18 The White Guard Mikhail Bulgakov
14 19 Alice: The Girl from Earth Kir Bulychev
15 20 Dark Avenues Ivan Bunin
16 21 The Dead Don't Feel Pain Vasil Bykov
22 The Ordeal
17 23 The Dawns Here Are Quiet Boris Vasilyev
24 His Name Was Not Listed
18 25 A History of Russia George Vernadsky
19 26 The Wizard of the Emerald City Alexander Volkov
20 27 Timur and His Gang Arkady Gaidar
28 Chuk and Gek
29 The Blue Cup
21 30 My Dagestan Rasul Gamzatov
31 Poems
22 32 Moscow and Muscovites Vladimir Gilyarovsky
23 33 The Same Old Story Ivan Goncharov
24 34 Russia: A Success Story Alexander Goryanin
25 35 Scarlet Sails Alexander Grin
36 She Who Runs on the Waves
26 37 From Rus to Russia Lev Gumilev
27 38 Poems Nikolai Gumilev
28 39 The Russian Turmoil Anton Denikin
29 40 The Moabit Notebook Musa Dzhalil
30 41 The Zone Sergei Dovlatov
42 The Suitcase
43 Pushkin Hills
44 Stories
31 45 The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky
32 46 The Adventures of Dennis Viktor Dragunsky
33 47 White Garments Vladimir Dudintsev
34 48 Granny, Iliko, Illarion, and I Nodar Dumbadze
35 49 There Was Never a Better Brother Magsud Ibragimbekov
36 50 About Russia Ivan Ilyin
37 51 The Twelve Chairs Ilf and Petrov
52 The Little Golden Calf
38 53 History of Russia in Stories for Children Aleksandra Ishimova
39 54 Sandro of Chegem Fazil Iskander
40 55 Two Captains Veniamin Kaverin
56 Open Book
41 57 Be Prepared, Your Highness! Lev Kassil
58 The Black Book and Shwambrania
42 59 A White Sail Gleams Valentin Kataev
43 60 Sashka Vyacheslav Kondratiev
44 61 Our Ancient Capital Nataliya Konchalovskaya
45 62 The Boy With a Sword Vladislav Krapivin
46 63 Treasure of the Narts Vladimir Kuzmin
47 64 The Duel Aleksandr Kuprin
65 The Garnet Bracelet
48 66 The Old Genie Hottabych Lazar Lagin
49 67 The Enchanted Wanderer Nikolai Leskov
50 68 The Tale of Igor's Campaign and Culture of That Time Dmitry Likhachev
69 Meditations about Russia
70 Stories from Russian Chronicles of the 12th–14th Centuries
51 71 Conversations about Russian Culture Juri Lotman
72 Commentary on Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
52 73 The Gift Vladimir Nabokov
74 The Defense
75 Invitation to a Beheading
53 76 Front-line Stalingrad Viktor Nekrasov
54 77 The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends Nikolay Nosov
78 Dunno on the Moon
79 The Living Hat
80 Mishka's Porridge
55 81 Sannikov Land Vladimir Obruchev
56 82 The Three Fat Men Yury Olesha
57 83 How the Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky
58 84 Story of a Life Konstantin Paustovsky
85 Mescherskaya Side
59 86 Requiem for Convoy PQ-17 Valentin Pikul
87 Miniatures
60 88 A Golden Cloud Spent the Night Anatoly Pristavkin
61 89 Stories and Novellas Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
62 90 A Story About a Real Man Boris Polevoy
63 91 Essays Kozma Prutkov
64 92 Farewell to Matyora Valentin Rasputin
65 93 Poems Robert Rozhdestvensky
66 94 Poems Nikolay Rubtsov
67 95 The Knight in the Panther's Skin Shota Rustaveli
68 96 The Dirk Anatoly Rybakov
97 The Bronze Bird
98 Shot
69 99 Poems David Samoylov
70 100 Poems Konstantin Simonov
101 The Living and the Dead
71 102 The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin Leonid Solovyov
72 103 Monday Begins on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
104 Hard to Be a God
73 105 Stories and Novellas Viktoriya Tokareva
74 106 Prince Serebrenni Aleksey Tolstoy
75 107 Hadji Murat Leo Tolstoy
108 The Cossacks
109 Anna Karenina
76 110 Shurale Gabdulla Tukay
77 111 Pushkin Yury Tynyanov
112 The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar
78 113 Crocodile Gene and His Friends Eduard Uspensky
114 Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat
79 115 The Young Guard Alexander Fadeyev
116 The Rout
80 117 The Dingo Ruvim Frayerman
81 118 Poems Kosta Khetagurov
82 119 The Dragon Evgeny Schwartz
120 The Snow Queen
83 121 Stories Vasily Shukshin
84 122 Lunin Natan Eidelman
123 The 19th Century
85 124 Memoirs: 1921–1941 Ilya Ehrenburg
86 125 The Mongol Invasion Vasily Yan
87 126 I Sent You Birch Bark Valentin Yanin
88 127 Alpamysh Epics, Byliny, Chronicles
89 128 Epic of King Gesar
90 129 Daredevils of Sassoun
91 130 Epic of Jangar
92 131 Kalevala
93 132 Epic of Koroghlu
94 133 Epic of Manas
95 134 Olonkho
96 135 Ural-batyr
97 136 Ancient Russian Poems (collected by Kirsha Danilov)
98 137 Primary Chronicle
99 138 Byliny (compiled by Vladimir Chicherov and Petr Ukhov)
100 139 Fairy Tales of Russia (compiled by Mark Vatagin)
  1. ^ Numbering according to the list.
  2. ^ Numbering by order.

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