“Vegetable Garden” by Sergey Markov, illustrated by Nikolai Leman (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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Children’s book covers from Soviet Russia (1920s)
Soviet children’s books from 1926-1930
My favourites are the one about a kitchen and the one about the trip to Crimea. Awesome.
“My Book” by A. Komarov (USSR, 1927)
Cover of “Mushrooms” by B. Smirnov (USSR, 1927)
“October Songs” by Natan Vengrov. Illustrated by A. Petrova, L. Popova, N. Tuganov (USSR, 1927).
Lidia Zholtkevich. Cover art and illustrations for S. Shervinsky’s “The Story of an Orange” (USSR, 1927)
“Riding”, vintage book by Dmitry Bulanov (USSR, 1926)
“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.
“Whistle’s Songs” “Cat’s Songs” - Soviet book by N. Aseyev published in 1925
(I’m not entirely sure what пищик is, I had to google it.)
Edit: apparently пищик/pişik means cat in Azerbaijaini (thanks, @hiamello!)
“Winter” by Andrei Irkutov, artist Mikhail Rodionov (Russia, 1929)