Signs of spring. Illustration by N. Yermolayev.
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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Spring. Postcard by T. Skorodumova (1958). Poem is an excerpt from Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin.
Vintage ads. Poster for Gematogen - an iron-boosting medicine based on animal blood. Currently manufactured as a solid bar, a very common candy substitute in Russia.
Soviet art. Spring by Alexander Deyneka (1950)
Greeting the spring. Illustration by A. Pakhomov.
March. Illustration by G. Nikolsky.
Early spring, postcard from 1960
Birch catkins engraving by A. Borodin (1971)
“Winter is Leaving”. Illustration by Ivan Semyonov. Published in Funny Pictures magazine, March 1973.
March by (Estonia, 1990)
Funny Pictures (Soviet children’s magazine) March 1963. The snowman’s sign says “Good bye!”