“Who Is Faster” by Yevgeny Shvarts (1928)
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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Soviet children’s books from 1926-1930
My favourites are the one about a kitchen and the one about the trip to Crimea. Awesome.
“Winter” by Andrei Irkutov, artist Mikhail Rodionov (Russia, 1929)
“Petya in the Countryside” by Leonid Andreyev - vintage book, USSR 1920s
Children’s book covers from Soviet Russia (1920s)
Cover of “Mushrooms” by B. Smirnov (USSR, 1927)
“My Book” by A. Komarov (USSR, 1927)
Lidia Zholtkevich. Cover art and illustrations for S. Shervinsky’s “The Story of an Orange” (USSR, 1927)
“Riding”, vintage book by Dmitry Bulanov (USSR, 1926)
“October Songs” by Natan Vengrov. Illustrated by A. Petrova, L. Popova, N. Tuganov (USSR, 1927).
“Radio on Mare-Sale” by Sergey Grigoryev. Cover art by P. Alyakrinsky (Russia, 1929).
Mare-Sale (Morrasale) was a polar station in the Far North of Russia. Not in use and abandoned now.