Soviet children’s books by Mikhail Prishvin
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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“Congratulations with the new school year” - card issued by Moscow Automobile Inspectorate featuring our favourite Gena the Crocodile toy. :)
Students of Kiev Art Institute en plein air. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1950s)
Vegetable preserves. Pages from a 1956 catalogue.
“The sea is still, there is no storm. There will be fish for dinner.” Linocut by A. Kulakov.
Sunbathing by the Peter and Paul Fortress in Leningrad (1965)
ZAZ cars (”Zaporozhets”) on Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow (early 1960s).
September cover of Murzilka magazine (1969)
1960s furniture