Vintage books by Vitaly Bianki, Soviet author who told children about animals, birds and nature in general.
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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Tomatoes being washed at the Tiraspol May 1 Cannery. Photo by Yakov Ryumkin (Moldavia, 1953).
Baby fox in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (Russia, 1980)
During the 1955 May Parade in Osh, Kirghizia. All women in the photo are wearing silk flower dresses made at the Osh Silk Factory.
Vintage pin of a rooster. Size 3.4 cm / 1¼”.
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“Two One” by G. Mamlin, illustrated by G. Karlov (1959)
“Pioneer” by Olga Yanovskaya (1950)
Children on a carousel in Volzhsky City Park. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1967).
University students getting ready for exams. Gorky [Nizhny Novgorod], June 1965.
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Метафорфоза (1980)
The Metamorphosis (1980)
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