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.
Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vasilyev. Illustrations for “The Jolly May is Here. Folklore of Peoples of the USSR” (1981)
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.