“Baba Yaga” cover and illustration (Russia, 1917)
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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Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin with a Komsomolskaya Pravda issue titled “Man in Space”. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (April 1961).
“Early Spring. Moscow, Zabelin street” by Vladimir Vinokur (1950s)
“The Tar Bullock” illustrated by A. Neruchev (Russia, 1912)
Operation room for remote control of traction substations of the Moscow metro. Photo by S. Malov (1964)
“My Book” by A. Komarov (USSR, 1927)
After a long consideration I put up my Hedgehog in the Fog book with Yuri Norstein’s autograph up for . Check it out! :)
(Seagull for Valentina Tereshkova)