Mushroom postcard by M. Andreyev, 1959
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This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
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“This little Antoshka
Stands on one leg.
Although we call for him
He doesn’t answer“
(Antoshka is a boy’s name)
Postcard by M. Skobelev and A. Yeliseyev, 1956 ()
“Teremok” fairy tale illustration by Yury Vasnetsov, 1958
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Illustration for “The Fox and the Wolf” folk tale, artist Yevgeny Rachyov (1955)
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Fox Cubs postcard by M. Kuks, 1958
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Illustration for “The Bast House and the Ice House”, a Russian folk tale, by P. Nosov (1956)
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Postcard by N. Ushakova, 1954 ()
Masha the Nurse by T. Sazonova, 1955 ()
Postcard by T. Sazonova and Yu. Prytkov (1965)
The front of the postcard has a quote from a Russian folk song that goes “I’m going going going to her / Going to see my darling.”
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Tatyana Yablonskaya “At Home With A Book”, postcard from 1955
I don’t usually pick up cards with writing on the front, but this one is so neat and pretty! The writing says, “This is Zhenechka doing homework” (Zhenechka is a little girl’s name).
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New Year postcard by A. Ivanov, 1959
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