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Книга: This is И. И. Осипова, «Хасиды: “Спасая народ свой…”» (Irina Ivanovna Osipova, Hasidim: “Saving Their People…”), Moscow: Формика-С, 2002, 293 pp., ISBN 5-89737-134-2 (also listed as 978-5-89737-134-1). Softcover. Artist: Mark Ibshman. It is a documentary history of the Chabad/Hasidic underground under Soviet repression, based on OGPU–NKVD–MGB files plus a memorial list of 232 people.

It was a small 2002 print run. It is out of print. There is no current new-book listing on Ozon, Labirint, or the usual Judaica shops.

Physical copy

Treat it as a used-book hunt, not a cart checkout.

Russian secondhand (best chance of a paper copy)
Search the exact title plus ISBN:

Use: Осипова Хасиды Спасая народ свой 5-89737-134-2

Expect a used paperback if anything appears; prices vary and shipping from Russia to Massachusetts is slow and sometimes restricted.

US / international used
Globus Books in San Francisco had a very good copy and marked it sold. They specialize in Russian Judaica; worth emailing them to ask if another copy comes in.

Also check:

  • AbeBooks / Biblio / eBay: Osipova Hasidy Formika 2002 or the ISBN
  • Boston-area used Judaica: Israel Book Shop (Brookline), local shul libraries, Brandeis/Harvard Judaica stacks via WorldCat rather than purchase

Libraries first if you only need to read it
Search WorldCat for the ISBN. Research libraries with strong Russian or Jewish collections sometimes hold it. Request via interlibrary loan from a Newton/Boston public or university card.

If you mainly need the text

Scans of this exact edition circulate (about 18 MB PDF):

Those are unofficial scans of the 2002 book, not a commercial reprint. There is no official ebook or later edition that I can find.

Practical path from Boston

  1. Search Meshok + Avito + Alib this week; set alerts on the title/ISBN.
  2. Email Globus Books and any Crown Heights / Brookline Judaica dealers.
  3. Meanwhile use a library scan or the known PDF if you need the memorial list and documents now.
  4. Do not wait for a reprint — Формика-С is not actively keeping this in print.

If you want, I can draft a short Russian inquiry you can paste to Meshok/Alib sellers.