In 1935, well into the era of Soviet Communism, Russian satirical writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petropv came to the U.S. as special correspondents for Pravda. The drove cross-country and back on a two-month trip, recording their impressions of American life with humorous texts and with Ilf's camera. When they returned home, they published their work in Ogonek, the Soviet equivalent of Life-magazine, and later in the book Odnoetazhnaia Amerika (Single-Storied America).