The story
Vladimir Lenin signed a decree on 14 June 1921 titled "Law on Acquiring and Distributing Foreign Literature", that established a Russian – German joint stock company called "Kniga" in Berlin. This company was dedicated to the import and export of books and other literature. In 1922 its Moscow branch office was established under the name "Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga" MK. On 11 April 1923, this company was converted into a "Joint Stock Corporation".
The company filed for bankruptcy in the Arbitration Court of Moscow in January 2012, and the company was liquidated in March 2013 after remaining in business for 90 years. After the company was liquidated, a successor organisation Joint Stock Company “MK Knigi” was established by Nikolai Nikitovich Okhotin in May 2015. This new entity describes itself as “Daughter Company” of Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, and works as a distributor of Russian books in foreign countries.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4