Traditional Russian Dymkovo clay toys (1970s-1980s)
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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Dymkovo clay toys (Russia, 1960s)
Russian Folk Embroideries of 19th - early 20th centuries. Postcard set (1978)
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Khokhloma. Master Stepan Pavlovich Veselov. As published in Ogonyok in February 1986.
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Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)