Russian philology
Strugatskies are also credited for the Soviet's first science fantasy, the
Monday Begins on Saturday trilogy. Other notable science fiction writers included Vladimir
Savchenko, Georgy Gurevich, Alexander Kazantsev, Georgy Martynov, Yeremey Parnov.
Space opera was less developed, since both state censors and serious writers watched it
unfavorably. Nevertheless, there were moderately successful attempts to adapt space westerns
to Soviet soil. The first was Alexander Kolpakov with "Griada", after came Sergey Snegov
with "Men Like Gods", among others.
A specific branch of both science fiction and children's books appeared in mid-Soviet era: the
children's science fiction. It was meant to educate children while entertaining them. The star
of the genre was Bulychov, who, along with his adult books, created children's space
adventure series about Alisa Selezneva, a teenage girl from the future. Others include Nikolay
annaabi.ee 
