“The Magic Swan Geese”, a Russian folk tale illustrated by T. Savchenko (1976)
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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from the book of “Nutrition for Children” (1957).
Buses that take children to a summer pioneer camp (Moscow, 1983)
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By lake Ritsa in Abkhazia. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha, Boris Makaseyev (1952).
“Mira Street” by Grigory Goncharov (1959)
On the beach of Gurzuf, Crimea. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha (1930s).
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Children in Artek, a pioneer camp in Crimea. Photo by Nikolai Popov (1940s).