Soviet writer, screenwriter and publicist, author of military, detective and science fiction prose. Member of the USSR Writers' Union (1939).

Born in the city of Nikolsk-Ussuriysk, Primorsky province (now the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Territory) in the family of a railway employee. According to the oral testimony of A.D. Morozov, who was friends with the writer, he came from the Baltic family of von Schpanoff, whose descendants, due to poverty, were forced in the second half of the 19th century. move from the family nest in Estland to the Far East, newly annexed to Russia. Another interesting fact. The “Great Soviet Encyclopedia” in the article “Ussuriysk” indicates that the city of Nikolsk-Ussuriysk was formed in 1898 by the merger of the village of Nikolskoye with the village of Ketritsevo, and bore this name until 1935, when it was renamed the city of Voroshilov (now Ussuriysk). Thus, N.N. Shpanov is two years older than his hometown.

The future writer began traveling in his youth: he visited China and Japan. After graduating from the classical gymnasium, he entered the shipbuilding department of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, but due to the outbreak of the First World War, he transferred to the Military Engineering School. In 1916 he graduated from the Higher Officers' Aeronautical School (Gatchina), after which he took part in battles on the fields of the First World War as an observer pilot. In 1918 he volunteered to join the Red Army, where for about 20 years (until 1939) he served in the middle command of the Air Force.

Since 1925, Nikolai Shpanov regularly published in the publications of the Dobrolyot and Osoviakhim societies, promoting aviation as the most effective means of strengthening the country's defense capability. From his pen came the brochures “What the Air Promises Us” (1925), “Peaceful Use of the Air Fleet and the Air Fleet in the Civil War” (1928), “The Airship at War” (1930), “The Airplane as a Means of Communication” (1925 ), “Water all-terrain vehicles: What is a glider and what is it for” (1927), “Soviet snowmobiles: What is an snowmobile and what are they for” (1927), “The heart of an airplane: How an aircraft engine works and is designed” (1927) and others. In addition, he created a series of teaching aids written so simply and engagingly that with their help, a person previously unfamiliar with technology could repair aircraft engines by the end of the eight-month training cycle. He also wrote a textbook for flight schools, “Fundamentals of Air Communications” (1930), and a technical reference book, “Modern Aviation Engines” (1931), co-authored.

Shpanov was a member of several expeditions. In the 1920s, he was part of a balloon flight from Moscow to Komi organized by Aviakhim, which was reflected in the book “Our Flight into the Wilds of the Forest” (1926). This 48-page booklet became the first book publication of N. Shpanov’s work of art, a revised and expanded version of which was later published under the title “Red Stone”. In 1928, from the TASS agency and Izvestia of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, he participated in the Krasina campaign, during which he visited the islands of Novaya Zemlya and Kolguev, after which he wrote books on Arctic topics, “Into the Ice beyond Italy” ( 1929) and "The End of the Earth" (1930). At the end of the decade, Shpanov became a participant in the Avtodor campaign rally to the same region. This trip was described by Shpanov in the book “Across Automobile Trans-Eurasia: By Car on the Ussuri Off-Road Road” (1930), which became the author’s fourth and last book about travel in which he personally took part.

The writer constantly appears with stories for youth and travel essays on the pages of the Peasant Newspaper, the magazines World Pathfinder, Bulletin of the Air Fleet and Airplane. In the latter, which was the aviation technical magazine of the ODVF (Society of Friends of the Air Fleet), N. Shpanov from the end of 1923 to the middle of 1925 was first the head. editor, then deputy. editor, and later as a magazine employee. As a result, he used the pseudonym “K.” several times for his works published in Samolet. Kraspink." From 1928 to 1937 he was also deputy. Editor-in-Chief of the Air Fleet Engineering magazine. In 1930, his collection of stories “Mysteries of the Arctic” was published, followed by “Arctic foxes” (1931) and the story “Ice and Tailcoats” (1932). Then several publications on the history of inventions in the field of engine building: “The Birth of the Motor” (1934), the novel “Four Stroke” (1935), the story “The Story of One Great Loser” (1936) and the fictionalized biography “James Watt” (1936).

In 1925, Nikolai Shpanov made his debut in science fiction with the story “Ice and Wings,” published in the first issue of the magazine “Airplane.” The author filled the story with a simple plot, where the notorious American fascists are trying to harm the Bolsheviks, with numerous technical innovations, some of which are of interest to the science fiction genre. Firstly, the steamship “Red Star” operates here, built in Leningrad and one and a half times larger than the “Titanic” and “Lusitania”. And, secondly, part of the plot takes place on a state-of-the-art airship, described by the author as follows: “ The cabin of the airship - the giant airship of the Anglo-Soviet Aeronautical Society "RA-34" makes its usual trans-Atlantic flight between Mont Real and Leningrad via London. Today "RA-34" took off from Mont Real at 10 o'clock in the morning. Lunch has just ended. At night the airship will arrive in London. Almost all the passengers gathered in the cabin. This is a huge cabin, the longitudinal walls of which are almost entirely glass. At the end of the cabin there is a door leading to the corridor and to the passenger cabins. The giant "RA-34" comes with a full load. On board it can accommodate 25 crew members and over ninety passengers...»

After the author’s second science fiction work, the story “The Mysterious Explosion,” Shpanov published the book “Ice and Tailcoats,” which is a science fiction story set in the Soviet part of the Arctic Ocean. Previously, this work was published in 1930 in the Moscow magazine “Around the World” under the title “Land of Inaccessibility”. The theme of the story is an expedition to the North Pole on the Nautilus submarine, armed with all the means of modern technology. Radio, electricity, a complex system of drills, exploration probes, platinum “knives” that pave the way for the boat in the icy spaces. The book includes abundant references to recent expeditions, in particular a detailed story about the rescue of the schooner "Nanuk", which spent the winter off the Chukotka land, etc. In this story, the author uses some of the characters from the book "The End of the Earth", i.e. real people. Also in this story, some characters from the book of essays “Into the Polar Ice Beyond Italy” are used, also real people with whom the author personally met. In his review of the story, E. Tager, in addition to the attractiveness of the work, also points out significant shortcomings: “ In pursuit of cheap effects, Shpanov does not even care too much about the connection of some episodes with the main plot lines of the novel. This is the mysterious story of the madness of a Russian sailor who mysteriously ended up on the “Land of Inaccessibility” and became a priest of a native tribe lost among the eternal ice. The characters in the novel are extremely schematized and standard: the inveterate “Yankee” Bilkins, who believes only in “common sense” and “mathematics”, the anthracite King Harmon, in his morning pajamas giving orders by telephone, the German lieutenant Litke, dry and laconic, with an indispensable monocle in eye; finally, the degraded white emigrant Manevich, drunkenly ranting about the notorious “Russian soul” - all these characters, like many others, seem taken from a hack film depicting a “decaying Europe... So, it should be stated that Shpanov’s attempt to create a Soviet scientific and technical novel ended in complete failure».

Nikolai Shpanov gained enormous fame from his “story of a future war,” “First Strike” (1939), which tells how, in the event of aggression, Soviet aviation will immediately, within 12 hours, hit the enemy in his lair. The air forces of a fictional hostile state attack the USSR and bombard border cities. In response, three Soviet squadrons are sent deep into the rear of the enemy country and deliver a crushing blow that decides the outcome of the war. The popularity of the work in those years is evidenced by the fact that in 1939 alone the novel was published 6 times in gigantic editions, as well as the film “Deep Raid” released on February 23, 1938, shot at the Mostekhfilm studio by director Pyotr Malakhov. The novel was recommended for study by all working people and Red Army soldiers. Notice of its publication with a special annotation was given in the journal of the Political Directorate of the Red Army "Political Study of the Red Army Soldier", and the first edition of the book was published in the series "Commander's Library". It is also interesting that for some time this novel was withdrawn from sale due to the signing of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact (Moltov-Ribbentrop Pact) on August 23, 1939, which was annulled after the German attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

In 1939, Nikolai Shpanov was accepted into the USSR Writers' Union and he became a professional writer. In the same year, as a correspondent, he took part in the fighting near the Khalkhin Gol River and published a number of essays on the military conflict with the 6th Separate Army of Japan in Mongolia.

In 1941, in the first months of the Great Patriotic War, Shpanov visited the theater of operations. And, as follows from the memoirs of Lydia Chukovskaya, in September he told her with horror and bitterness about what was really happening at the front, radically different from the dashing victories of the Soviet army he described in “First Strike.” During the Great Patriotic War, N. Shpanov published a biographical essay “Major Koshevoy” (1941), excerpts from the story “Fighters” (1941), a biographical story about the Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot N. F. Gastello “The Boy from Polesie” (1942) and a collection of short stories, Warm Heart (1942). In 1943-44. a number of fantastic adventure works were published: the novel “The Mystery of Professor Burago” (1943-44) in the form of a six-book book (republished in 1945 in Abakan in 3 volumes) and its continuation “The War of the Invisibles” (1944), the story “Incident on the Clarissa "(1943), "Prisoners of the Island of Mists" (1943). After the war, the author reworked all these works and combined them into a large adventurous novel, “The War of the Invisibles,” in which all the traditional cliches of that time entertaining literature apply: a brilliant inventor, insidious spies, astute counterintelligence agents, careless bosses and vigilant ordinary Soviet people.

In 1949-1951, two of Nikolai Shpanov’s largest works were written - the novels “Arsonists” (1949) and “Conspirators” (1951), in which the Second World War was presented as the result of a conspiracy between American imperialists and German fascists, and post-war events reveal technology the unleashing of a new world war by imperialist predators with the help of traitors from the socialist camp. Novels were unusual for Soviet readers. Along with extensive quoting of top secret documents (the author's fantasy), the books looked multifaceted on the one hand, and on the other had a rather entertaining adventurous plot. It should also be noted that the negative characters in the novels were written by the author with greater care than the communists and peace fighters, who were rather monotonous in their virtues. This unique dilogy was written in the spirit of the then official doctrine of the USSR and it is not surprising that in a short time it went through several dozen reprints, bringing significant profits not only to the author, but also to many regional publishing houses.

After 1955, these novels were no longer republished during the author’s lifetime. And the book “The Conspirators,” which had a special focus (in the novel, for example, Josip Broz Tito was described as an accomplice of the CIA), was subject to withdrawal from libraries and the bookselling network, as well as the author’s pamphlet “Cloak and Dagger Diplomats” (1952). The pamphlet contained essays about similar political trials organized by the Soviet state security in socialist countries at the turn of the 1940s and 50s on charges of Cardinal Midsenti, T. Kostov, L. Raik, R. Slansky and others in collaboration with American “warmongers” and their henchmen from the ranks of “world Zionism”.

In 1955, the story “The Messenger of Jin Feng” was published in a separate edition, previously published in the magazine “Smena” in 1951 as chapters from the third book of the novel “Arsonists”, but in connection with the events described above, it remained a separate publication. He took almost no part in literary and social life, and soon found himself isolated from the main direction of Soviet literature, which underwent changes after the famous 20th Congress of the CPSU. Since the late 1950s, Nikolai Shpanov switches to works of the detective genre, in which spies and traitors are mainly caught, and documentary stories about inventors (the collection “Tales of the Successes of Great Losers”). In the cycle of stories “The Adventures of Nil Kruchinin,” Nikolai Shpanov created the first image of a detective in Soviet literature, who is the cross-cutting hero of several works. Shpanov makes the heroes of his works Nil Platonovich Kruchinin and his faithful friend Suren Grachik as original prototypes for the literary heroes of A. Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.

In 1958, his new book was published - the novel “War of the Invisibles,” which tells about the struggle of Soviet scientists and intelligence officers against fascism. Let us repeat that it was created on the basis of separate stories published during the war, “The Secret of Professor Burago” (1943) and “The War of the Invisibles” (1944). “The Secret of Professor Burago” was published in the form of six small books and became the first half of the novel, and the second, published and unfinished in the Ogonyok magazine, became its 13th and 14th chapters in the novel. But it should be noted that the author significantly revised his novel, so the stories are not always identical to the 1958 book. This book was printed in a circulation of 225,000 copies and caused fierce attacks from critics, who turned into outright persecution of Shpanov.

In the last years of his life, Nikolai Shpanov, who was seriously ill, lived in the Esberg farm of the Rakvere district of the Estonian SSR, where he worked on the final part of the trilogy, dedicated to modern times, begun by “Arsonists” and “Conspirators” - the novel “Outside the Law”. Just before his death, the author’s last book was published – the anti-American science fiction novel-pamphlet “Hurricane” (1961), which went virtually unnoticed by both critics and readers. In this book, the author expressed a bold idea to suppress enemy hydrogen and atomic bombs directly on the ground or in the air.

Actually, the death of Nikolai Shpanov went unnoticed. He died in Moscow at the age of 65 and not a single person came to his funeral except the Literary Fund official responsible for the ceremony.

Despite the ambiguity of the writer’s work, his ups and downs, in science fiction it is customary for critics to speak disparagingly of his books. Kir Bulychev spoke best about the writer in his monograph “How to become a science fiction writer”: “ Shpanov as a science fiction writer, in my opinion, was superior to all Massolitov writers. He seemed to me like a man to whom fate had given a nugget. So he pulled out this nugget from the taiga - his talent - and, fussing around, began to pinch, beat, break off pieces from it, until the entire nugget was squandered" And to summarize Nikolai Shpanov’s contribution to fantastic literature, one should discard his numerous revisions and additions to his works, which ultimately gives six titles: the stories “Ice and Wings” (1925) and “The Mysterious Explosion” (1925), as well as the novels “Earth” Inaccessible" (1930), "First Strike" (1939), "War of the Invisibles" (1958) and "Hurricane" (1961).

Author's works

Novels
• 1930 – Land of Inaccessibility
  The same: See the story “Ice and Tailcoats”
• 1935 – Four bars
• 1939 – First strike
  Same: Titled “Twelve Hours of War”
• 1941 – Big Parade – [Novel not published]
• Dilogy
  1943 – The Mystery of Professor Burago 1958 – War of the Invisibles
• 1946 – The Werewolf – [Novel not published]
• 1949 – Arsonists
• 1951 – Conspirators
• 1956 – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – [Revised story of the same name]
• 1958 – War of the Invisibles
• 1960 – Outlaw – [Novel not published]
• 1961 – Hurricane

  Collections

• 1930 – End of the Earth
• 1930 – The Mystery of the Arctic
• 1931 – Arctic foxes
• 1932 – To the land of eternal ice
• 1939 – First strike
• 1942 – Warm heart
• 1955 – Seekers of Truth
• 1955 – Warm Hearts
• 1956 – Little house by the strait; Old notebook
• 1957 – Red Stone
• 1959 – Tales of the Fortunes of Great Losers
• 1961 – Red Stone

  Stories

• 1930 – Kholgol
• 1930 – On the lips of New Land
• 1930 – With “Taimyr”
• 1932 – Ice and tailcoats
  The same: See the novel Land of Inaccessibility"
• 1934 – Denis Papin
  The same: Entitled “The Story of One Great Loser” The same: Entitled “The History of the Suffering, Life and Immortality of Bachelor Denis Papin”
• 1941 – Fighters – [The story is not published in full]
• 1942 – Boy from Polesie
  Same: Titled “Nikolai Gastello” Same: Titled “For Life”
• 1942 – The Mystery of Professor Burago – [part of the novel of the same name]
• 1943 – Incident on the “Clarissa” – [included in the novel “The Mystery of Professor Burago”]
• 1943 – Prisoners of the Island of Mists – [included in the novel “The Mystery of Professor Burago”]
• The adventures of Neil Kruchinin:
  1945 – The Secret of Three
  Same: Titled “It Was in the North” Same: Titled “The Case of Ole Ansen”
  1945 – The Adventures of Kruchinin
  Same: Titled “On New Year’s Eve”
  1946 – Yellow Gloves
  The same: Titled “The Personal Happiness of Nil Kruchinin”
  1949 – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 1957 – “Bugbear”
  Same: Titled “The Last Safecracker”
• 1951 – Messenger Jin Feng
• 1958 – Garcon from “A Single Parisian”

  Stories

• 1925 – Ice and Wings
• 1925 – Mysterious explosion
  Same: Titled “Note to Anke”
• 1926 – Schwartz
  The same: Under the title “Pilot Schwartz” The same: In revision. video called "Black Flies"
• 1926 – The Mystery of the Arctic / Pseud. "TO. Kraspink"
  Same: Titled “Above the Pole”
• 1926 – Lost in the Woods. Adventures of Russian balloonists
  The same: Titled “Our flight into the wilds of the forest” Same: Titled “Red Stone”
• 1927 – Record price
• 1928 – Where the eagle has not flown
• 1929 – Sensational information
• 1930 – Foreroad
• 1930 – Bot “New Earth”
• 1930 – Under a yellow sky
• 1930 – King of Vice and Sorrow
• 1930 – Jaegers
• 1930 – Chuvel
• 1930 – Poppy Plantation Watchman
• 1930 – Gypsy and Lyovka
• 1930 – Number that will not pass
  The same: Under the title “The number will not pass”
• 1930 – Prisoners of the Island of Foyn
• 1931 – Mr. Engels’ deal
• 1931 – Arctic foxes
• 1931 – Grönmalm March: In memory of the brave Swede Finn Malmgren
  The same: Under the title “Malmgren’s March”
• 1931 – “Our life is Samoyed...” – [Previously, as part of the story “Kholgol”]
• 1931 – Life at the helm – [Previously, as part of the story “Bot “New Earth”]
• 1931 – A story about a bear hunt – [Previously, as part of the story “Across the Lips of the New Land”]
• 1937 - Jimmy's Second Death (Recorded by Michael O'Kearney)
  The same: Entitled "The Second Death of Jimmy" The same: Entitled "The Death of Jimmy" The same: Entitled "Jimmy"
• 1939 – The Hunter from Svalbard – [Previously, as part of the story “Arctic foxes”]
• 1939 – On antlers
• 1940 – Tender old man
• Cycle “Prokhor and his comrades”
  1941 – Man with Glasses 1942 – Argument 1942 – Warm Heart 1942 – Horsefly 1942 – Musician 1942 – Point of View 1942 – Adjutant 1942 – Fifty Infinities 1942 – Wonderful Violin
• 1941 – Major Koshevoy
• 1956 – Knife Strike

  Journalism

• 1939 – Unfading Flame

  Plays

• 1944 – A bottle of rum / In collaboration. with L. Rubinstein
• 1949 – Western border / In collaboration. with Joseph Prut

  Filmography and film adaptations

• 1938 – Deep Raid – author of the script based on the story “First Strike” / Co-author. with P. P. Malakhov
• 1941 – Sea Hawk – scriptwriter / Co-author. with A. Mikhailovsky
• 1942 – The Wonderful Violin – author of the script based on the story of the same name – 1st part of the “Musical Film Collection” (Kiev Film Studio (Ashgabat), dir. A. Ivanovsky)
• 1963 – The General and the Puppets – author of the script based on the novel “Hurricane” / Co-author. with M. E. Chiaureli, A. A. Filimonov

Bibliography in Russian

Selected editions

• End of the Earth: Travel Notes / With 8 drawings from life. Vasily Belyaev, 40 photographs by A.P. Nikolsky and 4 maps. – M.-L.: Young Guard, 1930. – 336 p. – (Library of Expeditions and Travels). 2 r. 50 k. 4,110 copies. (O)
  Preface – p.7-14 Foreroad: [Story] – p.8-33 Bot “New Earth”: [Story] – p.34-54 Kholgol: [Tale] – p.55-168 On the lips of Novaya Zemlya: [ Tale] – p.169-261 With “Taimyr”: [Tale] – p.262-328 List of native words and special terms found in the text – p.329-336
• The Mystery of the Arctic: Stories / Cover by L. Steiner. – M.-L.: Earth and Factory, 1930. – 176 p. 1 rub. 10 k. 5,000 zkz. (O)
  Mystery of the Arctic – p.3-12 Under the yellow sky – p.13-29 Where the eagle has not flown – p.30-42 Pilot Schwartz – p.43-56 The price of the record – p.57-90 Number that will not pass – p. .91-113 Captives of the island of Foyn – p.114-155 Sensational information – p.156-175
• Arctic foxes: The second book of stories / Cover by V. O. Roskin. – M: Federation, 1931. – 172 pp. 1 rub. 10,000 copies (O)
  Arctic foxes – p.3-47 “Our life is Samoyed...” – p.48-60 Mr. Engels’s deal – p.61-94 Steering life – p.95-103 A story about a bear hunt – p.104-143 The Grönmalm campaign: In memory the brave Swede Finn Malmgren – p.144-171
• Ice and tailcoats: A story. – M.: Federation, 1932. – 332 p. 3 r. 65 k. 5,200 copies.
• Four bars: Roman / Fig. E. Perinkova. – M.: Young Guard, 1935. – 204 p. 1 rub. 60 k. 15,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on 08/08/1935.
  Preface by the author – p.3 Part I. Denis Papin – p. Part II. Jean Lenoir - p.
• The story of one great loser: Tale / Fiction. L.P. Zusman. – M.-L.: Detizdat, 1936. – 136 p. – (Life of wonderful people). 3 r. 50 k. 25,000 copies. (P)
• First Strike: A Tale of the Future War. – M.: Military Publishing House of the Armed Forces of the USSR Union, 1939. – 136 p. – (Commander's Library). 2 r. 50 k. (p) – signed for publication on May 22, 1939.
• First Strike: A Tale of the Future War. – M.: Military Publishing House of the Armed Forces of the USSR Union, 1939. – 136 p. 1 rub. 75 k.
• First Strike: A Tale of the Future War. – M.: Goslitizdat, 1939. – 60 p. – (Roman-newspaper; No. 6). 50 kopecks 275,000 copies. (O)
• First Strike: A Tale of a Future War / Fig. F. Bochkova, V. Klimashina. – M.-L.: Detizdat, 1939. – 152 p. 4 rub. 25,000 copies (p) – signed for publication on June 17, 1939.
  M. V. Vodopyanov, Hero of the Soviet Union. [Preface] – p.3-6 The first blow – p.7-149 Explanation of some incomprehensible words found in the book – p.150-152
• The first blow: Novels and stories / Art. V. Vakidin. – M.: Soviet writer, 1939. – 256 p. 7 rub. 10,000 copies (p) – signed for publication on May 31, 1939.
  The First Strike: A Tale of a Future War – p.3-140 The Huntsmen – p.141-193 On Antlers – p.194-213 The Death of Jimmy – p.214-221 The Hunter from Svalbard – p.222-239 Malmgren’s Campaign – p. 240-253
• Major Koshevoy: Story. – M.: Soviet writer, 1941. – 48 p. 15,000 copies (O)
• Warm Heart: Collection of Stories. – M: Soviet writer, 1942. – 72 p. 1 rub. 25 k. 25,000 copies. (o) – signed for publication on April 24, 1942.
  Warm heart – p.3-8 Horsefly – p.9-20 Man with glasses – p.21-26 Musician – p.27-35 Point of view – p.36-44 Adjutant – p.45-49 Fifty infinities – p. .50-59 Wonderful violin – p.60-69
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 1 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1943. – 80 p. 1 rub. 50 k. 50,000 copies. (o) – signed for publication on May 25, 1943.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 2 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1943. – 80 p. 1 rub. 50 k. 50,000 copies. (o) – signed for publication on July 24, 1943.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 3 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1943. – 80 p. 1 rub. 50 k. 50,000 copies. (o) – signed for publication on 10/09/1943.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 4 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1944. – 52 p. 1 rub. 50 k. 50,000 copies. (o) – signed for publication on October 22, 1943.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 5 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1944. – 96 p. 2 rub. 50,000 copies (o) – signed for publication on February 16, 1944.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 6 / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1944. – 104 p. 2 rub. 50,000 copies (o) – signed for publication on February 21, 1944.
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 1. – Abakan: Soviet Khakassia, 1945. – 72 p. 5 rub. 5,000 copies (O)
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 2. – Abakan: Soviet Khakassia, 1945. – 73 p. 5 rub. 3,000 copies (O)
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Novel]: Issue 3. – Abakan: Soviet Khakassia, 1945. – 78 p. 5 rub. 3,000 copies (O)
• Nikolai Gastello: [A shortened version of the biographical story] / Art. K. K. Artseulov. – M.: Military Publishing House of the Armed Forces of the USSR Union, 1948. – 128 p. (O)
• For Life: Tale / Binding by B. Nikiforov; Rice. V. Bogatkina. – M.: Young Guard, 1950. – 192 p. 15,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: Novel / Fiction. N. Tseytlin. – M.: Young Guard, 1949. – 904 p. 30,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: Novel / Fiction. N. Tseytlin. – M.: Military Publishing House of the Military Ministry of the USSR, 1950. – 924 p. 22 rub. 75,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on June 2, 1950.
• Arsonists: A Novel. – M.: Young Guard, 1950. – 932 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: Novel / Binding by S. Pozharsky. – M.: Young Guard, 1950. – 936 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: A Novel. – M.: Young Guard, 1950. – 816 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: A Novel. – M.: Young Guard, 1950. – 652 p. (P)
• The Conspirators: A Novel. – M.: Military Publishing House of the Military Ministry of the USSR, 1951. – 944 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: A Novel. – M.: Young Guard, 1951. – 680 p. 30,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: A Novel. – Chelyabinsk: Book publishing house, 1951. – 680 p. (P)
• The Conspirators: A Novel. – M.: Young Guard, 1951. – 800 p. 45,000 copies (O)
• Arsonists: Novel / Fiction. I. Nikolaevtsev. – M.: Soviet writer, 1952. – 800 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Conspirators: Novel: in 2 books. Book 1. – M.: Young Guard, 1952. – 452 p. (P)
• Conspirators: Novel: in 2 books. Book 2. – M.: Young Guard, 1952. – 648 p. (P)
• Arsonists: A novel in 2 books. Book 1 / Fig. A. Vasina. – M.: Young Guard, 1953. – 544 p. 90,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: A novel in 2 books. Book 2 / Fig. A. Vasina. – M.: Young Guard, 1953. – 396 p. 90,000 copies (P)
• Arsonists: Novel / Fiction. M. Fear. – Novosibirsk: Book publishing house, 1953. – 788 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Conspirators: A Novel: A novel in 2 books. Book 1 / Design by M. I. Tkachev. – Chelyabinsk: Book publishing house, 1953. – 408 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• Conspirators: A Novel: A novel in 2 books. Book 2 / Design by M. I. Tkachev. – Chelyabinsk: Book publishing house, 1953. – 588 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• The Conspirators: A Novel. – Novosibirsk: Book publishing house, 1954. – 1056 p. 75,000 copies (P)
• It Was in the North: A Tale. – M.: Voenizdat, 1954. – 48 p. – (Library of the magazine “Soviet Warrior”, No. 21 (256)). (O)
• Arsonists: A novel in 2 books. Book 1. – L.: Leningrad newspaper, magazine and book publishing house, 1955. – 540 p. 75,000 copies 8 rub. 60 k. (p)
• Arsonists: A novel in 2 books. Book 2. – L.: Leningrad newspaper, magazine and book publishing house, 1955. – 420 p. 75,000 copies 6 rub. 85 k. (p)
• Seekers of truth: [Stories] / Art. Yu. G. Makarov. – M.: Trudrezervizdat, 1955. – 288 p. – (Fiction, adventure). 4 rub. 45 k. 90,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on 07/06/1955.
  On New Year's Eve - p.5-104 The Case of Ole Ansen - p.105-210 Personal Happiness of Neil Kruchinin: A Tale - p.211-286
• Warm Hearts: [Collection] / Art. A. A. Lurie. – M: Trudrezervizdat, 1955. – 184 p. 4 rub. 35 k. 15,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on July 2, 1954.
  Prokhor and his comrades
  Warm heart – p.5-9 Horsefly – p.9-18 Man with glasses – p.18-24 Musician – p.24-31 Wonderful violin – p.31-38
  Boy from Polesie: Biographical story – p.41-181
• The Adventures of Neil Kruchinin: A Tale / Fiction. Yu. P. Rebrov. – M.: Trudrezervizdat, 1955. – 408 p. – (Library of military adventures). 5 rub. 35 k. (p) – signed for publication on December 30, 1955.
• The Adventures of Neil Kruchinin: A Tale / Fiction. Yu. P. Rebrov. – M.: Trudrezervizdat, 1956. – 408 p. – (Library of military adventures). (P)
• Seekers of truth: [Stories] / Art. Yu. G. Makarov. – M.: Trudrezervizdat, 1956. – 268 p. – (Fiction, adventure). 4 rub. 45 k. 90,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on 07/06/1955.
  On New Year's Eve - p.5-94 The case of Ole Ansen - p.97-191 Personal happiness of Neil Kruchinin: A Tale - p.195-266
• Messenger Jin Feng: A Tale / Fig. F. Zbarsky. – M.: Detgiz, 1955. – 112 p. 2 r. 65 k. 30,000 copies. (O)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Novel / Fiction. S. G. Brodsky. – M.: Voenizdat, 1956. – 520 p. – (Library of military adventures). The circulation is not specified. 9 rub. 40 k. (p) – signed for publication on December 17, 1956.
• House by the Strait; Old notebook: [Stories] / Art. D. Groman. – M.: Young Guard, 1956. – 160 p. – (Science Fiction and Adventure Library). 90,000 copies (O)
  Little house by the strait – p.5-66
  House near the strait Jaeger Chuvel Watchman from the poppy plantation Gypsy and Levka
  Old notebook
  The Hunter of Svalbard Over the Pole Jimmy Knife Strike
• Red Stone: Tales and Stories / Khul. A. A. Lurie. – M.: Soviet writer, 1957. – 560 p. 75,000 copies (P)
  Red stone – p.3-46 House by the strait – p.47-154 Messenger Jin Feng – p.155-252 Old notebook – p.253-338 From the adventures of Neil Kruchinin – p.339-556
• War of the Invisibles: [Novel] / Fig. V. A. Noskova. – M.: Soviet Russia, 1958. – 488 p. 8 rub. 05 k. 225,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on December 4, 1958.
• Tales of the successes of great losers / Fig. A. Paramonova. – M.: State Publishing House of Children’s Literature of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR: 1959. – 192 p. 4 rub. 40 k. 30,000 copies. (p) – signed for publication on November 3, 1958.
  The story of the suffering, life and immortality of bachelor Denis Papin – p.3-94 Garson from “The Single Parisian” – p.95-191
• Red Stone: Tales and Stories / Art. A. Lurie and A. Paramonov. – Tashkent: State Publishing House of Fiction, 1961. – 676 p. 135,000 copies (P)
  Red stone – p. House by the Strait
  Black flies - p. Under the yellow sky - p. King of Vice and Sorrow - p. Huntsmen – p. Chuvel – s. The watchman from the poppy plantation - p. Gypsy and Lyovka - p.
  Old notebook
  Above the Pole - p. Hunter from Svalbard – p. Jimmy - s. Knife strike - p.
  From the adventures of Neil Kruchinin
  Ole Ansen case – p. “Bugbear” – p.
  The story of suffering, life and immortality of bachelor Denis Papin - p. Garcon from “The Single Parisian” - p.
• Hurricane: [Novel] / Art. A. Belyukin. – M.: Young Guard, 1961. – 352 p. 77 kop. 115,000 copies (P)
• The Last Safecracker: [Novel]. – M.: Kelvori, 1995. – 352 p. – (Russian detective story. 20th century). 50,000 copies (p) ISBN 5-85917-075-0
• War of the Invisibles: Novel / Fiction. E. Dilskovskaya. – Voronezh: Foliot, 1995. – 432 p. 15,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-85515-019-4
• First Strike: [Novels] / Fiction. V. Yurlov. – M.: Veche, 2006. – 384 p. – (Military adventures). 7,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-1531-7
  Gennady Prashkevich
• Sorcerer's Apprentice: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2007. – 576 p. – (Military adventures). 5,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-1992-8
• First Strike: [Novels] / Fiction. V. Yurlov. – M.: Veche, 2008. – 384 p. – (Military adventures). 5,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-3102-9
  Gennady Prashkevich. “Learn from Shpanov!..”: [Preface] – p.3-12 The first blow – p.13-178 The adventures of Neil Kruchinin – p.179-380
  On New Year's Eve - p.181-250 The case of Ole Ansen - p.251-324 Personal happiness of Neil Kruchinin - p.324-380
• War of the Invisibles: Island of Mists: [Novel] / Art. Yu. M. Yurov. – M.: Veche, 2009. – 288 p. – (Military adventures). 5,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-4398-5
• War of the “invisibles”: The last battle: [Novel] / Art. Yu. M. Yurov. – M.: Veche, 2009. – 336 p. – (Military adventures). 5,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-4399-2
• Red Stone: [Tales and Stories]. – M.: Veche, 2010. – 320 p. – (Military adventures). 6,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-5233-8
  The last bugbear – p. From the adventures of Nil Kruchinin - p. Old notebook – p. Above the Pole - p. Hunter from Svalbard – p. Jimmy - s. Knife strike - p.
• Warm Heart: [Collection]. – M.: Veche, 2011. – 336 p. – (Military adventures). 5,000 copies (n) ISBN 5-9533-5728-9
  House by the Strait
  Black flies – p.5-14 Under the yellow sky – p.15-29 King of vice and sorrow – p.30-67 Huntsmen – p.68-103 Chuvel – p.104-112 Watchman from the poppy plantation – p.113- 122 Gypsy and Lyovka – p.123-140
  Messenger Jin Feng – p.141-266 Warm heart
  Warm heart – p.269-274 Horsefly – p.275-285 Man with glasses – p.286-291 Musician – p.292-299 Point of view – p.300-308 Adjutant – p.309-313 Fifty infinities – p. .314-323 Wonderful violin – p.324-332
• Land of Unavailability: A Novel / Cover by G. Myers. – Ekaterinburg: Tardis, 2011. – 124 p. – (Fantastic rarity). 900 copies (s.o.) ISBN 5-17-026354-4
• Arsonists. Night of the Long Knives: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2012. – 384 p. – (Military adventures). 4,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-0201-6
• Arsonists. “No Pasaran”: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2012. – 416 p. – (Military adventures). 4,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-0202-3
• Arsonists. Munich Agreement: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2013. – 320 p. – (Military adventures). 3,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-0617-5
• Arsonists. Chain of Betrayals: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2013. – 288 p. – (Military adventures). 3,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-0618-2
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice: A Novel. – M.: Prestige-book, 2013. – 496 p. – (Retro Library of Adventure and Science Fiction). 3,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-9904029-3
• Conspirators. Crime: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2014. – 480 p. – (Military adventures). 3,500 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-2379-0
• Conspirators. Before the reckoning: [Novel]. – M.: Veche, 2014. – 480 p. – (Military adventures). 3,500 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-2433-9
• Note to Anka: [Collection] / Art. Yu. M. Yurov. – M.: Veche, 2015. – 352 p. – (Military adventures). 3,000 copies (n) ISBN 978-5-4444-3371-3
  Ice and Tailcoats: A Novel – p.3-324 Note to Anka: A Story – p.325-348
• Hurricane. Ghosts that return: Novel / Hood. Yu. M. Yurov. – M.: Veche, 2015. – 320 p. – (Military adventures). 3,000 copies (p) ISBN 978-5-4444-3945-6 – signed for publication on September 11, 2015.
  Book one. Ghosts that return – p.5-188 Book two. Golden Scorpion – p.189-317
• Hurricane. When a gymnast breaks down: Novel and stories / Hood. Yu. M. Yurov. – M.: Veche, 2015. – 304 p. – (Military adventures). 3,000 copies (p) ISBN 978-5-4444-3947-0 – signed for publication on September 16, 2015.
  Book three. When a gymnast breaks down: [The final book of the novel “Hurricane”] – p.3-140 Stories
  Arctic foxes – p.141-176 “Our life is Samoyed...” – p.177-186 Mr. Engel’s deal – p.187-214 Steering life – p.215-221 A story about a bear hunt – p.222-253 Grönmalm’s campaign – p. .254-275 Ice and wings – p.276-292 Dispute – p.293-300
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Novel / Cover by Ya. Krutiy; Rice. S. Ruben. – M.: Prestige Book, 2014. – 496 p. – (Soviet spy novel). 3,000 copies (o) ISBN 978-5-371-00419-2 – signed for publication on 05/06/2014.

Publications in periodicals and collections

• Ice and Wings: A Fantastic Story // Airplane, 1925, No. 1 – pp. 17-20 – [Under the pseudonym “K. Kraspink"]
• Schwartz: [Story] / Fig. N. Sokolova // Smena, 1926, No. 1 – pp. 4-5, 8
• The Mystery of the Arctic: [Story] // Airplane, 1926, No. 5 – pp. 17-18, 29 – [Under the pseudonym “K. Kraspink"]
• Mysterious Explosion: A Fantastic Story // World Pathfinder, 1925, No. 8 – pp. 13-16
  The same: Under the title “Note to Anke”: [Story] / Fig. G. Fitingof // Around the World (Leningrad), 1927, No. 9 – pp. 13-20 – [Under the pseudonym “K. Kraspink"; The story has been revised] The same: [Story] // If tomorrow there is war: Book One. – Ekaterinburg: Publishing house “Tardis”, 2014 – p.52-79
• Lost in the Woods: Adventures of Russian Aeronauts: The Story of a Flight Participant / Drawings by artist. V. Golitsyn based on sketches by the author of the story // World Pathfinder, 1926, No. 12 – pp. 16-33
• The price of a record: A story // World Pathfinder, 1927, No. 8 – p.593-606
  The same: Aeronautical story / Fig. E. Sterligova // Ural Pathfinder (Sverdlovsk), 1970, No. 7 – p.51-61
• Where the eagle has not flown: A story // Around the world (Moscow), 1928, No. 23 – art. 358-360, 362
• Sensational information: [Story] // Around the World (Moscow), 1929, No. 1 – pp. 13-15
  The same: [Story] / Preface. B. Lyapunova; Rice. V. Kovenatsky // Seeker, 1963, No. 2 – p.148-156
• The number will not pass: Story / Fig. P. Alyakrinsky // Struggle of the Worlds, 1930, No. 4 – p.28-39
• Land of Inaccessibility: A Fantasy Novel / Fig. N. Kochergina // Around the World (Moscow), 1930, No. 25-26 – pp. 388-393; No. 27 – p.408-410; No. 28-29 – p.428-432; No. 30 – p.448-451; No. 31 – p.464-468; No. 32-33 – pp. 488-495; No. 34 – p.512-515; No. 35-36 – p.532-536
• Mr. Engel's deal: Story / Drawings. K. Kuznetsova // World Pathfinder, 1931, No. 3 (January) – p.10-12; No. 4 (February) – pp. 12-14; No. 5 (February) – pp. 11-13
• Denis Papin: A Tale // Krasnaya Nov, 1934, No. 11 – p.128-177
• The death of Safar: Chapters from the science fiction story “Twelve Hours of War” // Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1936, August 18 – p.
• Duel: Chapters from the science fiction story “Twelve Hours of War” // Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1936, November 5 – p.
• Twelve Hours of War: From the novel [“First Strike”] // Zvezda, 1937, No. 5 – p.52-90 – [This issue of the magazine was published in two editions, in the first of which the work of Nikolai Shpanov is present, and in the other in place works by N. Shpanov other works are included]
• The second death of Jimmy (Recorded from the words of Michael O’Kearney): [Story] // Krasnaya Nov, 1937, No. 7 – p.157-161
  The same: Titled “The Second Death of Jimmy” // Wings of Spain: Essays and stories about the pilots of Republican Spain. – M.: Young Guard, 1938 – p.120-132
• The first blow: The story of a future war // Znamya, 1939, No. 1 – pp. 14-122
• The first blow (The Tale of a Future War): [Excerpt from the story] // Dawn of the East, 1939, February 23 (No. 44) – pp. 2-3
• Tender old man: A story // Znamya (Moscow), 1940, No. 4-5 – p.
• Return from reconnaissance: Excerpt from the story “Fighters” // Batumi worker (Batumi), 1941, May 16 (No. 113) – p.
• Return from reconnaissance: Excerpt from the story “Fighters” // Soviet Abkhazia (Sukhumi), 1941, June 6 (No. 131) – p.
• In the Champs Elysees: [Excerpt from the novel “The Big Parade”] // Znamya, 1941, No. 7-8 – p.
• In Hitler’s dungeon: [Excerpt from the novel “The Big Parade”] // Batumi worker (Batumi), 1941, September 4 (No. 209) – p.
• Fighters: Fragment of the story / Fig. E. Vedernikova // Airplane, 1941, No. 3 – p.28-32
• Man with Glasses: [Story] // Ogonyok, 1941, No. 35 – p.11-12
• Dispute: Story / Fig. E. Khomas // Ogonyok, 1942, No. 3 – p.11-12
• Musician: Story // Ogonyok, 1942, No. 15 – p.11-12
• Horsefly: [Story] // The Great Patriotic War: Collection No. 1. – M., 1942 – p.210-217
• The Mystery of Professor Burago: [Tale] / Fig. G. Balashova // Red Army Soldier, 1942, No. 20 – pp. 22-24; No. 21 – pp. 23-24; No. 22 – pp. 22-24, No. 23 – pp. 21-23
• Incident on the “Clarissa”: [Tale] // Red Army Man, 1943, No. 4 – pp. 22-24; No. 5-6 – pp. 22-24; No. 7 – pp. 22-24; No. 8 – p.22-23
• Prisoners of the Island of Mists: [Part of a fantasy adventure novel] / Fig. E. Ausberg // Red Navy Man, 1943, No. 13-14 – p.29-41; No. 15 – p.34-41
• War of the Invisibles: [Novel, parts 1 and 2] / Fig. L. Brodaty // Ogonyok, 1944, No. 1 – p.5-6,12; No. 2-3 – pp. 13-15; No. 4 – pp. 11-13; No. 5-6 – pp. 13-14; No. 7 – pp. 13-15; No. 8 – pp. 13-15; No. 9-10 – pp. 11-12; No. 11 – pp. 11-12; No. 12-13 – pp. 13-14; No. 14-15 – pp. 13-14; No. 16 – pp. 13-15; No. 17-18 – pp. 13-14 – [Publication interrupted]
• A Bottle of Rum: [One-act play] / Co-authored. with Lev Rubinstein // On the offensive: Collection of poems and stories for amateur artists and the stage; Compiled by the Repertory Office of the All-Russian Theater Society. – M.-L.: Art, 1944 – p.54-75
• The Secret of Three: A Tale / Fig. A. Shultz // Ogonyok, 1945, No. 34 – p.5-6, 14, No. 35 – p.9-10, No. 36 – p.12-14, No. 37 – p.13-14, No. 38 – p.8-10
• The Adventures of Kruchinin: An Adventure Story / Fig. G. Balashova // Red Army Soldier, 1945, No. 11-12 – p.28-31, No. 13 – p.22-24, No. 14 – p.22-24, No. 15-16 – p.29-32
• Yellow Gloves: An Adventure Story / Fig. G. Khrapaka // Red Armyman, 1946, No. 1 – p.20-22, No. 2 – p.21-23, No. 3-4 – p.28-30, No. 5-6 – p.29-31, No. 7-8 – p.29-31
• Conspirators: [Excerpt from the novel] / Fig. G. Balashchova // Smena, 1950, No. 15 – pp. 10-12, No. 16 – pp. 11-12, 14
• Messenger Jin Feng: Chapters from Book III of the novel “Arsonists” / Fig. G. Balashova // Smena, 1951, No. 6 – p.19-21, No. 7 – p.18-20, No. 8 – p.18-20, No. 9 – p.18-21, No. 10 – p. 18-20, No. 11 – pp. 17-18
• Hurricane: Excerpt from the novel // Literature and Life, 1960, September 2 – p.
• Yes or no?: An excerpt from the science fiction novel “Hurricane” / Fig. R. Avotina // Technology for Youth, 1960, No. 10 – p.20-23
• Hurricane: [Chapters from the novel] / Fig. G. Khrapaka // Seeker, 1961, No. 1 – p.21-44
• House by the Strait: [Tale] // Retribution. – Krasnoyarsk: Book publishing house, 1988 – p.
• Little house by the strait: [Tale] // Duel. Issue 14. – M.: Moscow worker, 1988 – p.329-434
• Jimmy (From the “Old Notebook”): [Story] // Duel. Issue 14. – M.: Moscow worker, 1988 – p.435-443

Journalism

• About the car and Poshekhonye (Plan or lack of plan?) [in the management of road transport] // Planning Economy (Moscow), 1926, No. 5 – pp. 169-176
• Flight to the Arctic: [Essay] // Krasnaya Niva, 1927, No. 18 – p.
• N. Sh. Traveling bees: [Essay] // Around the World (Moscow), 1928, No. 9 – p.142-143 – [It is possible that this is Nikolai Shpanov]
• The epic “Krasin”: Essay on a participant in the campaign / Fig. V. M. Golitsina // World Pathfinder, 1928, No. 10 – p.723-740, No. 11 – p.803-828, No. 12 – p.883-899
• Pioneers of the air: [Essay] // Krasnaya Niva, 1928, No. 41 – p.
• Into the polar ice beyond “Italy”: [Excerpt from the author’s book, published by “Young Guard”] // Young Guard, 1928, No. 11 – p.170-191, No. 12 – p.162-183
• The epic “Country of Soviets”: Essay // World Pathfinder, 1929, No. 12 – p.951-954
• Air tourism: Essay // World Tourist (Moscow), 1929, No. 2 – p.
• Northern essays. I. Khalgol – Kumki Island: [Essay] // New World, 1930, No. 1 – p.185-202
• On the New Land: [Essay] / Fig. You. Belyaeva // Young Guard, 1930, No. 3 – p.51-58
• Northern essays. II. Deer's Blood: [Essay] // New World, 1930, No. 4 – p.120-133
• The End of Denis Papin: Excerpts from the book “The Story of a Great Loser” / Fig. V. Shcheglova // Knowledge is power (Moscow), 1935, No. 6 – pp. 2-6, No. 7 – pp. 7-10
• Review of the Red Army soldier's library // Znamya (Moscow), 1939, No. 3 – p.
• On the banks of a distant river: From a hiking notebook // Zvezda (Leningrad), 1940, No. 1 – pp. 147-154
• Prisoners: From a marching notebook // Znamya (Moscow), 1940, No. 3 – p.56-76
• Pilots in battle: From a field notebook // Znamya (Moscow), 1940, No. 1 – p.
• Page of a great life: [About the Bulgarian revolutionary G. M. Dimitrov] // Smena, 1949, No. 14 – pp. 2-4
• Shedrick would like to answer...: [Article] // Smena, 1950, No. 18 – p.7
• In the excited and passionate language of truth: [About the feature film “Emergency”] // Soviet culture, 1959, January 20 – p.
• Unfading Flame: [Essay] // Twin Cities of Khalkhin Gol. – M.: Pravda, 1979 – p.

Other books

• What the air promises us: Practical achievements and capabilities of military and civil aviation. – M.: ODVF, 1925. – 104 p. (O)
• The airplane as a means of communication. – M.: ODVF, 1925. – 132 p. (O)
• Our flight into the forest wilds. – M.: Publishing house of the Union Aviakhim of the USSR and Aviakhim of the RSFSR, 1926. – 48 p. 30 kopecks 3,000 copies (o) – [The following information is indicated on the cover: N. Shpanov “Flight into the wilds of the forest.” – M: Aviakhim Publishing House, 1926]
  I. Feldman. Second All-Union Aeronautical Competitions: [Preface] – p.3-9 I. Flight – p.10-24 II. Five days in the wilds of the forest – p.25-48
• Water all-terrain vehicles: What is a glider and what is it for? – M., 1927
• Water all-terrain vehicles: What is a glider and what is it for? – 2nd ed. – M., 1928
• Soviet snowmobiles: What is a snowmobile and what are they for? – M., 1927
• Soviet snowmobiles: What is a snowmobile and what are they for? – 2nd ed. – M., 1928
• The heart of an aircraft: How an aircraft engine works and is designed. – M., 1927
• Peaceful use of the air fleet and the air fleet in civil war. – M., 1928
• What is aviation and what does it serve for? / Cover O. A. - M.: Osoaviakhim, 1928. - 80 p. + 28 drawings. – (Library of the Osoaviakhim cell “At the combat post”). 15,000 copies (O)
• Polar expedition “Krasina” / Fig. V. Golitsyna. – M.: Peasant newspaper, 1929. – 32 p. – (Library of the magazine “Friendly Guys”). 10 kopecks 30,000 copies (O)
• Into the ice behind “Italy” / Cover-engraving by N. P. Dmitrevsky. – M.-L.: Young Guard, 1929. – 224 p. – (Library of Expeditions and Travels). 2 r. 50 k. 5,000 copies. (P)
  B. G. Chukhnovsky. Introductory article – p.7-11 Into the ice beyond “Italy” – p.13-222 Appendices – p.223-224
• To the land of eternal ice / Fig. V. Golitsyna. – M.: Peasant newspaper, 1929. – 32 p. – (Library of the magazine “Friendly Guys”). 10 kopecks 30,000 copies (O)
• To the land of eternal ice / Fig. V. Golitsyna. – Second edition. – M.: Peasant newspaper, 1930. – 32 p. – (Library of the magazine “Friendly Guys”). 8 kopecks 30,000 copies (O)
• Feat in the ice: [Description of the voyage of the icebreaker "Krasin"] / Cover by V. Golitsyn. – M.-L.: Young Guard, 1930. – 136 p. – (Library of Soviet Expeditions). 10,000 copies (O)
• Airship at war. – M., 1930
• Basics of air communications: A textbook for flight schools. – M.-L.: State Publishing House, 1930. – 368 p. 3,000 copies (P)
• Across Automotive Trans-Eurasia: By car along the Ussuri off-road / Cover by V. O. Roskin. – M.: Joint-Stock Publishing House “Ogonyok”, 1930. – 48 p. – (Library “Behind the Wheel”, issue 15). 20 kopecks 25,000 copies (O)
• Modern aviation engines: Technical reference book / Together with M. A. Dzigan and L. T. Sheremetev. – M.-L.: State Scientific and Technical Publishing House, 1931. – 492 p. (P)
• To the land of eternal ice. – M.: Emes, 1932. – 32 p. 3,000 copies 20 kopecks
  Feat in the ice - p. Polar trek “Krasina” – p.
• Why didn't we have an aviation industry? Why do we have it now? – [M.]: ONTI NKTP Gosmashmetizdat, 1933. – 36 p. 50 kopecks 10,000 copies (o) – signed for publication on August 16, 1933.
• The birth of a motor. – M.-L.: ONTI NKTP State Energy Publishing House, 1934. – 220 p. 3 rub. 20,000 copies (s.o.)
• The birth of a motor. – 2nd ed. – M.: ONTI NKTP State Energy Publishing House, 1935. – 220 p. (P)
  Preface by the author – p.3-10 Part 1. Denis Papin – p.11-54 Part 2. Jean Lenoir – p.55-115 Part 3. Nikolai Otto and Eugene Langen – p.116-219
• The birth of a motor. – M.-L.: ONTI NKTP State Energy Publishing House, 1936. – 268 p. 3 rub. 20,000 copies (P)
• James Watt (Life and Work): On the 200th Anniversary of his Birth / Ed. V. Dityakin. – M.-L.: ONTI, Publishing house of popular science and youth literature, 1936. – 168 p. 30,000 copies (P)
• Diplomats of “Cloak and Dagger”: [Pamphlet] / Cover by B. Efimov. – M.: Young Guard, 1952. – 88 p. 100,000 copies (O)
• James Watt. – M.: University Book, 2010. – 128 p. 300 copies (o) ISBN 978-5-9502-0473-9

Author's creativity

• E. Tager. Review of N. Shpanov’s book “Ice and Tailcoats” (M., 1932) // Fiction, 1932, No. 1 – p.30-31
• V. Virginsky. About the “creative methods” of N. N. Shpanov: [Research of various editions of N. Shpanov’s story about Denis Papin] // Children’s literature, 1937, No. 15 – pp. 21-27
• Olga Grudtsova. A novel about the mystery of the birth of war: [Rec. based on the book by N. Shpanov “Arsonists” (M., 1949)] // Smena, 1949, No. 19 – p.14
• A. Dymshits. Against warmongers: [Rec. based on the novel by N. Shpanov “Arsonists”] // Zvezda, 1950, No. 9 – p.180-182
• N. Elkin. The Tale of Stalin’s Falcon: [About N. Shpanov’s book “Nikolai Gastello”] // Young Stalinist (Tbilisi), 1951, March 3 – p.
• S. Voitinsky. Without knowledge of the matter: [Rec. based on N. Shpanov’s story “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (1949)] // Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1957, October 3 (No. 235) – p.4
• A. Elkin. Where is the writer N. Shpanov going: [About the novel “War of the Invisibles”] // Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1959, March 21 (No. 68) – p.2
• V. Druzhinin. Needs protection: [About adventure literature, incl. about N. Shpanov’s novel “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”] // Literary newspaper, 1956, ...
• Obituary // Literary newspaper, 1961, October 5 (No. 119) – p.4
• Shpanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich // Soviet children's writers: Bio-bibliographic dictionary. M.: Detlitizdat, 1961 – p.
• A. Rogach. A film calling for vigilance: [About the feature film “The General and the Daisies”: Script by N. Shpanov and A. Filimonov, director M. Chiaureli. Prod. “Georgia-film”] // Dawn of the East (Tbilisi), 1964, November 24 – p.
• [About N. Shpanov’s book “The First Strike”] // A. Yakovlev. The purpose of life (Notes of an aircraft designer). – M.: Publishing House of Political Literature, 1967 – p.254-257
  The same: A. Yakovlev. The purpose of life (Notes of an aircraft designer). – M.: Publishing House of Political Literature, 1968 – p.265-268
• Shpanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich // Russian Soviet prose writers: Biobibliographic index T.6, part 2. – M.: Soviet writer, 1969 – p.
• Shpanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich // V. N. Antropov. Screenwriters of Soviet feature films, 1917-1967: Directory. – M.: Art, 1972 – p.420
• V. N. Chuvanov. Shpanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich // Brief literary encyclopedia. In 9 volumes. T.8. – M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1975 – p.
• [About the death of N. Shpanov] // Lev Kacher, Liliya Belyaeva. Special funeral at midnight: Notes of the “sad deeds of the master.” – M.: Polytext, 1991 – p.10
• Vitaly Bugrov, Igor Khalymbadzha. Pre-war Soviet science fiction: Materials for bibliography // Search-92. – Ekaterinburg: Publishing House “Ural Pathfinder” – p.421
• Shpanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich // Russian literature of the twentieth century: Prose writers, poets, playwrights: Bio-bibliographic dictionary: In 3 volumes. T.3. – M.: OLMA-Press Invest, 2005 – p.752-755
• Vasily Tokarev. Soviet military utopia on the eve of World War II // Europe, 2006, volume 5, no. 1 – p.97-161
• Gennady Prashkevich. Nikolai Nikolaevich Shpanov // G. Prashkevich. The Red Sphinx: The History of Russian Science Fiction: from V.F. Odoevsky to Boris Stern. – Novosibirsk: Publishing house. “Svinin and sons”, 2007 – p.290-303
  The same: G. Prashkevich. The Red Sphinx: The History of Russian Science Fiction: from V.F. Odoevsky to Boris Stern. – 2nd ed., rev. and additional – Novosibirsk: Publishing house. “Svinin and sons”, 2009 – p.354-370
• Dmitry Bykov. Freshness: Nikolai Shpanov and his faith // Russian Life (Moscow), 2009, No. 7(46) – p.
• Sergey Slavgorodsky. Stalinist dreamer from Ussuriysk: [About Nikolai Shpanov] // Morning of the East (Ussuriysk), 2009, November 27 (No. 6) – p.7
  • The same: Article about the fiction of Nikolai Shpanov // ARTEMIS-3: City literary almanac. – Artem: Publishing house “BSD-Group”, 2012 – p.291-294
• D. Bykov. Freshness. Nikolai Shpanov (1896-1961) // Dmitry Bykov. Soviet literature. Advanced course. – M.: PROZAIK, 2014 – p.178-188
• Dmitry Nikolaev. The first strike: A science fiction writer was blamed for the defeats of the summer of 1941: [The history of the creation of the book “The First Strike”, written by the Soviet writer N. N. Shpanov] // Top Secret, 2015, No. 21 (June) – pp. 12-14

Bibliography in Ukrainian

Selected editions

• “Krasin” in the polar ice: Naris / Peredmovi by Stepan Rudnitsky and B. Chukhnovsky; Per. O. Matiychenka; Cover by V. Averina. – Kharkiv: Ukrainian Robotnik, 1929. – 220 p. 5,160 approx. (O)
• Denis Papin: A story. – Kharkiv: Ukrainian Robotnik, 1935. – 156 p. – (History of the steam engine and engine). 1 crb. 70 kopecks 8,500 approx. (P)
• Palii: Novel. – K., 1952. – 728 p.

Bibliography in other languages

Selected editions

• Nikolai Španov and Lev Rubinstein. Pudel rummi (Bottle of rum) / Transl. E. Kosman, S. Rosenfeld. – Tallinn, RK “Ilukirjandus ja Kunst”, 1946. – 28 p. – (Rehvaloomingu Keskmaja toimetised). – 800 copies. (o) – [In Estonian]