“Space, So Close and So Far Away” - vintage Soviet space book from 1977. Includes several color pages with illustrations by Alexey Leonov and Andrei Sokolov. ()
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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