Konstantin Ushinsky “The Four Wishes” illustrated by Nikolai Ustinov (vintage book, 1987)
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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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.
Nevsky prospekt in Leningrad (St Petersburg)
Chemistry exam in grade 10, Moscow 1954
Regina Zbarskaya, Soviet fashion model (early 1960s)
Vintage souvenir matchbox labels.
orky Park in Moscow (1950s)
German tourist Inge Weidman travels on the Trans-Siberian Express, 1965 ()
I met quite a few foreign people who mentioned their dream of going on the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok. I’ve never met a single Russian person who’d done that or thought about doing that. :)
There are more pictures on the via link, check it out.
Soviet roly-poly toys. The red one is very typical.
Woodwork class in school, 1958