Photo by Mikhail Prishvin (between 1928 and 1936)
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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A pair of crocodiles visit a crocodile-run clock shop.
V. Tsigal. Illustration for Octav Pancu-Iași’s “Big News About A Little Boy” (1960).
A tiny enamel pin of frog playing the balalaika. Size 1.7 cm / 0.7″.
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“How the Little Ant Hurried Home” by Vitaly Bianki, illustrated by his daughter Yelena Bianki (1960)
Vintage enamel pin of a bird wearing a hat. Size 2.8 cm / 1.1″. Rare.
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Boat riding in Gorky Park. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (Moscow, 1959).
Newly assembled combine harvesters come out of the Taganrog Combine Plant. Photo by Boris Kuzmin (Taganrog, Russia, 1954).
Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
Cheryomushki department store in Moscow. Photo by Aleksandr Makarov (1973).
A sable in the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve. Photo by Anatoly Astafyev (1980s).
V. Tsigal. Illustration for Octav Pancu-Iași’s “Big News About A Little Boy” (1960).