An antique early Soviet illustrated childrens book edition titled How the dolls lived and what the tin soldier did: A childrens tale by Alexander Neverov, designed by B. Ioganson. Published in the Schoolboys Library series by G.F. Mirimanov, Moscow, 1924. Alexander Sergeyevich Neverov, 1886 to 1923, was a Russian and Soviet writer and teacher. Antique Russian Soviet Childrens Books And Bibliophilic Collectibles.