Gena the Crocodile, Cheburashka and stop-motion cartoon maker Oleg Masayinov (1971).
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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Rain in Leningrad (1960)
I. Frantsuz. Cover for M. Prussak’s “The Guests of the Earth” (1927).
Fog on the river. Photo by Semyon Prosyak (Ukraine, 1982).
“Autumn in Zagorsk” by Nikolai Barchenkov (1987)
Pavillions of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow. Art by Nikolai Shishlovsky (1939).
October Revolution Day postcard by M. Fuks (Estonia, 1964)
Early morning in the autumn. Photo by Antanas Sutkus (Vilnius, 1965).
Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Uzbekistan, late 1960s)
Teacup celebrating the International Year of Women (1975). Designed by V. Gorodnichev of Dulyovo Porcelain Factory (USSR).
Alisa Freindlich and Andrey Myagkov in The Office Romance (USSR, 1977)