You’re it in a game of hide and seek. How many boys and girls can you find?
(Illustration from Murzilka, 1977)
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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Videophone from the 70s. Originally created to be used in clinics, a few of those were installed in places like posh hotels. They say each videophone cost as five Volga cars.
“Merry Zoo” - vintage hard candy wrappers
“To have more one must produce more. To produce more one must have more knowledge.” Soviet poster with education propaganda (1920s)
Murzilka magazine, February 1973
“Help me find another bottle of the same shape”. Illustration by G. Sokolov from Murzilka magazine (1978)
“I Saw It” - a little poem about elephant- and camel-shaped clouds by Vladimir Lifshitz, illustrated by V. Kanevsky (1978)
The Universal Russian Calendar for 1918. This design never went to print because Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917.
Soviet art. Spring by T. Alekseyeva.
(Original vintage print available.)
Pioneers of Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1978)
