Illustration to Kornei Chukovsky’s book “Fedora’s Woe”, artist Vladimir Konashevich. (That’s the one where Fedora was such a slob that her kitchenware decided to walk.)
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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Snow Queen illustration by Valery Alfeyevsky (postcard, 1963)
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New Year holiday show in Kremlin (1976)
Irina Shevandronova “At A Rural Library (Readers)” 1962
“Rose in a Jar” by Nikolai Sokolov (1982)
The famous Chinese house on Myasnitskaya street in Moscow. I love it - it looks proper exotic in the middle of the city! It was originally built for a tea trade company in the 19th century.
This photo is from 1981.
“It’s Alive and It Glows…” - children’s book by Viktor Dragunsky, illustrated by V. Goryayev (1961)
“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!)