“Daughter of the North” by N. Baranova (1977)
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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“The Good Hunter Laurikadzh” by A. Yelagina (based on Saam folk tales). Illustrated by Kirill Ovchinnikov (1983).
“Winter” by Yevgeniya Trutneva, illustrated by Sergey Kupriyanov (1966)
“A Winter Sunrise” by Fyodor Vdovin (1980)
1950s New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
Boys riding reindeer. Nogliki village on Sakhalin, Russia’s Far East. Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (1968).
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Cover of “Pioneer”, a youth magazine. January 1948.
Vintage postcards that say “Greetings from the New Year’s Leningrad!” (1950s)