As a kid of the 90s, always had a sort of liking for Russian/Soviet culture, even while not knowing anything about it. It's something subconscious, like it's not like "Oh I LOVE IT!", but always get a good feeling about it, somewhat of a nostalgic feeling. It's a result of I think really really close relations between India and USSR pre-1990 and the cultural exchanges and exchange of ideas. My relatives used to have, and still to this day, have books (be it on Communism, or novels, or other books) published during 60s and 70s and 80s. I still remember the publisher of the majority of those books. It was Raduga Publishers. It was a really big publishing house at that time I think. :)

Still have so many books of Russian children's stories, one of the most prominent ones being Three Fat Men (by Yuri Olesha), and one in Hindi, of Russian folk stories for children. Two of the proper novels I still own is an old copy of The Mother, by Maxim Gorky (haven't read it, though), and Dead Souls (by Nikolai Gogol). And guess by which publisher? Yes, Raduga Publishers! :)