“It’s Alive and It Glows…” - children’s book by Viktor Dragunsky, illustrated by V. Goryayev (1961)
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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“Whistle’s Songs” “Cat’s Songs” - Soviet book by N. Aseyev published in 1925
(I’m not entirely sure what пищик is, I had to google it.)
Edit: apparently пищик/pişik means cat in Azerbaijaini (thanks, @hiamello!)
Snow Queen illustration by Valery Alfeyevsky (postcard, 1963)
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Russian textbook for primary school (1962)
Exit from GUM, a department store in the heart of Moscow (1954) ()
Scientists monitor eruption of the Tolbachik volcano. Kamchatka, Russia (1978). Photo by V. Gippenreiter.
Ostankino tower in Moscow - pictures from a 1987 booklet
Orest Vereisky “By the Window” (1991)