“We need peace”. Cover of Kolobok, January 1979.
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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Small zodiac pins (¾”)
Available: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
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Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov painting. Photo by V. Bazanov (1960s).
Late winter in Kazan. Photo by Rustam Mukhametzyanov (1974).
Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
Dairy products on sale in the shop No. 26 (“Milk”) in Yevpatoriya (1978)
Quality controllers A. Andreeva and M. Mysova check the quality of black caviar before it being sealed. Kirov Fisheries Department in Azerbaijan
(1947).
“Siberian Man” by Mikhail Bobyshov on the cover of “Krasnaya panorama” (Red Panorama), December 1928
“How I Met the New Year” written and illustrated by Viktor Golyavkin (1963)
Happy New Year cake and other cakes at Bolshevik confectionery factory. Photo by V. Yegorov, A. Konkov (Moscow, 1960).
Vinyl records for children from the Soviet Union (mostly fairy tales). Some titles are Doctor Aybolit, The Princess Frog, The Malachite Casket, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Mowgli, Puss in Boots, The Humpbacked Horse, The Three Little Pigs etc.
These are all for sale, feel free to message me if any of these tickle your interest. These look used, at least the jackets, I didn’t yet check the records themselves.
The last picture is sets of 2+ records (longer fairy tales), including box sets. They are The Scarlet Flower, Snow White, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, The Little Prince, The Snow Queen, The Adventures of Buratino, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Tales of Uncle Remus.