Russian Cuisine, full set of 15 postcards, 1970 ()
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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Baba Yaga’s house with chicken legs, postcard illustrated by M. Alekseyev, 1976 ()
The Magic Humpbacked Horse, postcard illustrated by M. Bazilev and G. Bakhmutov. Ukraine, 1956 ()
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Mushrooms, art postcard by B. Yakovlev, 1956 ()
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Baba Yaga postcard by M. Ivanov. Published in Ukraine in 1958 ()
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“Cat’s House” illustrated by Yury Vasnetsov, postcard from 1958 ()