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Presents an account of the experience of life and travel in Caucasus, the Soviet Union. Time required to reach Caucasus from Moscow; Description about demography and daily life in Pyatigorsk province; Number of memorials of former Russian leader Joseph Stalin in Caucasus region; Difference between life of Soviet citizens in Moscow and Pyatigorsk; Portrayal of streets of Caucasus area; Settlement of the province around the market place Kolkhoz; Picture of geographical frontiers in the Soviet Union; Weakness of Russians towards games; Significance of the Spa park for undertaking sociological studies.

Focuses on political developments in the world with special emphasis on political conditions of the U.S. Message by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on prosperous democracy of the modern world. Discussion about Russian Revolution; Difference between the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution in several contexts; Menace to British India of German-Turkish projects in the Caucasus in near future; Attempt to relate the Japanese operations in eastern Siberia with German operations in the Caucasus; Launch of anti-Scandinavian propaganda in the German militaristic press; Selection of superintendent of schools by New York Board of education.

Presents an account of the countryside of the Soviet Union. Information about the Cotton Research Institute near Gandja in the Caucasus region; Report that the Second Five Year Plan visualizes 100,000 hectares of cotton in Transcaucasia; Information that the Institute had sent recommendation to Moscow that they should undertake experiments with rotation of crops; Information that many of the families had built up such high standards of living and cultivation that they had been able in the past to employ laboring men and women in house and field; Comment that shortage of bathing facilities and water supplies makes it difficult for the Soviet Union to achieve independence of body parasites; Information on the tea growing industry of the Soviet Union.

Reinforcement of the Japanese army in northern Manchuria, together with reports of concentrations near the borders of Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia, suggests that a sudden blow against eastern Siberia may be at hand. With the Red Army hard-pressed to defend the Caucasus from the Nazis, Tokyo may well feel that a stab in the back is in order. By their occupation of the western Aleutians, the Japanese have placed themselves in a position to interfere with the direct line of communications with eastern Siberia.

The article focuses on the collectivization of agricultural fields in Russia. Miles and miles of steppe with the air above it made visible by the white heat. Not a fence, for Russia, especially after collectivization, is a fenceless country. Here and there a Cossack village with its one-story huts and tall, dome crowned churches, surmounted by a gilded Greek cross. Wheat and sunflowers stand high in the field, for it is harvest time in northern Caucasus and in many other vast stretches of Soviet territory.

The article presents the author's experience of his visit to South of Soviet Union and the Caucasus. According to the author, Naichik, in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, is the last large town which the Germans captured during their invasion of the area in 1942. They inflicted considerable destruction, though probably less, except for a few cities which were partly or wholly destroyed, than in other parts of the Soviet Union. The line between the devastated and relatively-non-devastated regions of Soviet union may be said to run somewhere south of Rostov, the gateway of the Caucasus. Although there was little street fighting in any of the four battles for Rostov, the city is about 50 percent destroyed. But it is a live city. The main streets are lined with acacias. There is much singing, laughter, and music in the town; the crowds are noisier, rowdier, gayer than in Moscow.

Focuses on Caucasus Mountains lying between Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Variation in climate of the mountains; Formation of a nation by the communities inhabiting the mountains; Diversity in the culture of Daghestan.

Focuses on Russian Caucasus, a mountainous region in Russia. Geographical description of the Caucasian region; Social life and folklore of native inhabitants of the region; Significance of the mountainous stretch for the country.

The article features the life and work of Quakertown, Pennsylvania-based sculptor George Papashvily. The artist was raised on a farm in Caucasus, become an apprentice to a harness maker at age nine, and joined the Czar's Army at 14. He came to the U.S. in 1922. He went East with his writer wife in 1935 and discovered that he wanted to be a stone sculptor. Papashvily's creative process, major influences, artistic style, and the theme of his work are also discussed. His body of work includes "Ewe with Lamb," "Horses," and "Animal Rock."

The battle of production is being won, but the battle of oil, as well as the battle of rubber, is still in the fluid stage, with pincer movements and attempted encirclements of daily occurrence. As this is written, the Nazis are pushing on toward the Caucasus oil fields, should they reach them and put them to work, Russia's mechanized strength would be crippled and the Nazis' own prospects greatly improved. It would be a telling blow to all the United Nations. The danger of exhausting oil reserve supplies in above-ground storage was what practical oil men foresaw first, and acting upon their expert advice, the U.S. Office of the Petroleum Coordinator tried valiantly to lessen consumption.

The article reports on the food program of Russian Prime Minster Nikita Khrushchev. It mentions that Khrushchev's food program is in serious trouble after huge dust storms and moisture conditions in Soviet Union affect agricultural productivity, particularly grain harvest. It notes that the grain harvest may decline as low as no million tons even with excellent weather conditions for the rest of 1960.