“Postoiko” by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, illustrated by A. Komarov (1928)
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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“Winter” by Andrei Irkutov, artist Mikhail Rodionov (Russia, 1929)
“Girls of the USSR”, picture book by A. Borisov (1929).
Top to bottom: Samoyed, Ukrainian, Russian.
Children’s book covers from Soviet Russia (1920s)
“Riding”, vintage book by Dmitry Bulanov (USSR, 1926)
“October Songs” by Natan Vengrov. Illustrated by A. Petrova, L. Popova, N. Tuganov (USSR, 1927).
“My Book” by A. Komarov (USSR, 1927)
Lidia Zholtkevich. Cover art and illustrations for S. Shervinsky’s “The Story of an Orange” (USSR, 1927)
Cover of “Mushrooms” by B. Smirnov (USSR, 1927)
“Radio on Mare-Sale” by Sergey Grigoryev. Cover art by P. Alyakrinsky (Russia, 1929).
Mare-Sale (Morrasale) was a polar station in the Far North of Russia. Not in use and abandoned now.
Simeon Stolpnik Church in Moscow. Photo by Henri Dorion (1978).