Bear with cubs. Postcard by V. Vatagin (1961).
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 the Little Ant Hurried Home” by Vitaly Bianki, illustrated by his daughter Yelena Bianki (1960)
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Boat riding in Gorky Park. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (Moscow, 1959).
Newly assembled combine harvesters come out of the Taganrog Combine Plant. Photo by Boris Kuzmin (Taganrog, Russia, 1954).
Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
Cheryomushki department store in Moscow. Photo by Aleksandr Makarov (1973).
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V. Tsigal. Illustration for Octav Pancu-Iași’s “Big News About A Little Boy” (1960).