Illustration by I. Belopolskaya and I. Komarova (1970)
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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Murzilka magazine, February 1973
At the daycare. Notice our old friend Gena the Crocodile. :)
Illustration for Russian folk tale Masha and the Bear. Artist Nikolai Ustinov (who I admire), 1976
At a seafood factory in Murmansk, Russia (1971)
Labels on the tins read Herring, Mackerel.
Yury Yakovlev as tsar Ivan the Terrible in “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” (1973)
Photo by Nina Sviridova & Dmitry Vozdvizhensky
Vintage toys. Bear rattle from Ukraine, Zhiguli cars from Russia, roly poly doll from Czechoslovakia. (Collection of Ivan Druzhinin.)
“The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” by Alexander Pushkin, illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich (1922)
“Bear’s Garden” by G. Ladonschikov (1954)
Greeting the spring. Illustration by A. Pakhomov.