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Instead of telling my own version of things, I present to you some clips of correspondence with Elena, a friend of mine who lives in Russia. Without her, this portion of the site would not have been. Thanks very much, Elena! . To begin with, we didn’t have many HB books here. Thirty or so at the most, usually with two stories in one book. They stopped publishing the series in 19  97
or '98 (as well as Nancy Drew, The Great [Famous] Five by Enid Blyton,
Three Sleuths [Investigators] and other series like this). Anyway, they
used to be quite popular among younger teens, in my class everyone read
and enjoyed them. All those detective stories for teens were published
by one publishing house, ‘Kollektsia: Sovershenno Secretno’ (‘collection:
top secret’).
. The series title in Russian is, in Latin characters, “Rebyata Hardy” and later “Bratya Hardy." Rebyata means guys, and Bratya means brothers. . The first volume published in Russia was a three-in-one edition (The Tower Treasure, House on the Cliff, and Spiral Bridge). Others came packaged as two-in-one volumes and Sovershenno released a special collection called "The Last Stories," ten two-in-one volumes that marked the termination of the series. These volumes were the only uniform titles in the language. Whether 'last' refers to latest or final is unsure. . . Russian Original & Digest Series - Publisher: Kollektsia: Sovershenno Secretno (Collection: Top Secret) Known American Volumes: 1, 2, 6, 11, 13, 19, 24, 25, 29, 39, 40, 45-48, 50, 52, 59, 60, and 63. Note: 2-in-1 editions; various cover layouts and fonts. .  .
Russian Digest Series - Publisher: Kollektsia: Sovershenno Secretno (Collection: Top Secret) Known American volumes: 80, 86, 87, 90 - 93, 95, 96, 112 - 120, 125 and Ghost Stories Note: Called "Last Twenty Stories," this ten-volume two-in-one set had a uniform format and contained only Digests. .
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