Illustrations from “The Colorful Sea” (1974). Book author Svyatoslav Sakharnov, artists N. Ustinov and V. Trubkovich.
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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Lopatinka, village in Kaluga oblast of Russia (1976)
Bread arrangements in the USSR (Leningrad, late 1930s)
“Glory to Soviet women!” - postcard by M. Rusinov (1963)
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“The Fox With a Rolling Pin”, Russian folk tale illustrated by Yevgeny Rachyov. As published in Murzilka magazine, March 1954.
“The Soviet State consistently pursues Lenin’s policy of peace.”
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Porcelain cup designed in 1919 by Natalya Danko. Made by Leningrad Porcelain Factory in the 1960s.
“Hunchbacked Horse” by Kim Shikhov (1967)
“Nizhny Novgorod Landscape” by Fyodor Bogorodsky (1935)