“A Childhood Friend” by Viktor Dragunsky, illustrated by Gennady Yepishin (1973)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Vintage books by Vitaly Bianki, Soviet author who told children about animals, birds and nature in general.
Samuil Marshak, Soviet children’s book author. Book covers (1948-1962)
September 26 is Viktor Chizhikov’s birthday! He was born in 1935. He’s a very well-known Russian children’s book illustrator, and he’s the one who created Mishka, the mascot of 1980′s Olympic Games in Moscow.
He illustrated over 100 books. Here are some of his covers.
Books illustrated by Vladimir Suteyev. He was born on July 5, 1903.
Soviet mid-century children’s books
Covers of Agniya Barto books (1950s-1970s)
Soviet children’s books from 1926-1930
My favourites are the one about a kitchen and the one about the trip to Crimea. Awesome.
Soviet books from 1950s
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)