“Baba Yaga”, Russian folk tale illustrated by V. Spassky (1918)
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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“Baba Yaga” cover and illustration (Russia, 1917)
“Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest, and your front to me” - one had to say it before entering Baba Yaga’s chicken legs hut. Slavic folklore references everywhere! :)
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Illustration for Baba Yaga, a Russian fairy tale. Artist Nikolai Kochergin. Postcard from 1957. ()
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Book covers designed by Leonid Feinberg (USSR, 1920s)