Agniya Barto “A Nice Evening” (1952). Illustrated by I. Bruni.
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!)
Kornei Chukovsky’s fairy tales illustrated by Konstantin Rotov. Book published in 1935.
Conifers. Illustrations from the Botanical Atlas by B. Shishkin (1963)
Russian textbook for primary school (1962)
Children in Leningrad (1950s)
Irina Shevandronova “At A Rural Library (Readers)” 1962
Komsomol Christmas, 1925
An interesting artifact from the transitory period when there was already Komsomol, but there was still Christmas in Russia.
Soviet wooden toys, 1960s