By the dog house. Dymkovo clay toy designed by Zoya Kazakova (1970s).
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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Cosmonaut Gherman Titov with a volleyball. Photo by Oleg Neyelov (1960s).
Russian folk tale “Masha and the Bear”, illustrated by Yevgeny Rachyov
Illustration from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
“Children, get ready for school!“ by N. Gernet, illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich
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Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
VDNKh metro station and the Space Conquerors monument behind it (Moscow, 1971)
Lemon seller on Gorky St. in Moscow. Photo by Hans Sibbelee (1959).
Vladimir Konashevich. Cover for Kornei Chukovsky’s “The Telephone” (1969 edition).
“Pif’s New Adventures” illustrated by Vladimir Suteyev (USSR, 1967)