Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov
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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Vintage book “Pusselchen” (Baby Animals) in German, published in Soviet Russia in 1979
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A rare Soviet book, “The Way to the Space Begins with Morning Exercise” by Nikolai Kamanin. Published in 1975.
General Kamanin was the head of cosmonaut training in the Soviet space program.
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Vintage Soviet poster from the 1970s - USSR anthem lyrics
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The Little Humpbacked Horse by Pyotr Yershov, illustrated by Nikolai Kochergin - this 1971 book was published in the USSR in English ()
Here are four new space-themed holiday postcards in my collection. My favourite topic in New Year cards! (Soviet Russia 1970s)
“We are on guard of the harvest” - illustration by K. Artseulov from a book about Soviet pioneer hero Pavlik Morozov (USSR, 1936)
Drinking kvass from the barrel on the street (USSR, 1970s).
In the summer, local bread factory made kvass and sold it from steel barrels around the city (barrels have a tap). This tradition is still alive in Russia, only barrels are sometimes smaller and made of plastic. Oh and they use single-use plastic cups now instead of glasses.
Robert Avotin. Illustration for Vladimir Scherbakov’s “Red Horses” (USSR, 1976)
Hedgehogs on Soviet book covers ^_^
1. Fluffy by Georgiy Skrebitsky (1987)
2. There Was a Hedgehog by Igor Akimuhskin (1984)
3. How Hedgehog Spent the Winter by Vladimir Garanzhin (1977)
4. The Prickly Family by Georgiy Skrebitsky (1977)