Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
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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“How I Met the New Year” written and illustrated by Viktor Golyavkin (1963)
“In the Streetcar” by E. Kibrik (1940)
“A Winter Sunrise” by Fyodor Vdovin (1980)
“By the walls of Kremlin” by A. Petrov (1960s)
Ice rink in Sokolniki Park. Photo by Vladimir Lagranzh (Moscow, 1962).