August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second photo shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian here.
Soviet Moomin filmstrips illustrated by Boris Diodorov. You can watch them in full here: 1, 2.
Vintage Soviet children’s books about space
Cover of Pavel Bazhov books published during the Soviet Union
“Petya in the Countryside” by Leonid Andreyev - vintage book, USSR 1920s
“The Pie” by B. Smitnov - vintage book, USSR 1927
Soviet children’s book - a short story about a bear that wanders in the forest getting ready for his winter hybernation. Written by Lev Kvitko. Illustrated by E. Bulatov and O. Vasilyev. Published in 1975 ()
Samuil Marshak, Soviet children’s book author. Book covers (1948-1962)
Swans - vintage Soviet book by N. Ledentsov, illustrated by A. Vazhova, 1988 ()
September 26 is Viktor Chizhikov’s birthday! He was born in 1935. He’s a very well-known Russian children’s book illustrator, and he’s the one who created Mishka, the mascot of 1980′s Olympic Games in Moscow.
He illustrated over 100 books. Here are some of his covers.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)