“Komsomol enrolment” by V. Grigoryev, 1954
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
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Cover of Funny Pictures, March 1973. Illustration for a classic Russian folk tale Teremok.
“Congratulations to my mother”, postcard by Anna Gorobiyevskaya (1973)
Spring. Postcard by T. Skorodumova (1958). Poem is an excerpt from Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin.
Calendar for the year 1900. Designed by Nikolai Nabokov.
Here’s my yesterday’s pin haul! 🤩
Signs of spring. Illustration by N. Yermolayev.
And this is my book haul. I found a copy of the Soviet Cartoon Artists book but with the original dust cover which unfolds into a whole poster!! (And I realized just now that I never even listed this book which I brought from St Peters. Oh dear.) Anyway, I found an Ivan Bilibin album in great condition!! And the huge tome in the last picture is an awesome space-themed book from 1960 with lots of photos. I’m debating keeping it for myself.
Cadets of Murmansk Navy Academy (1971)
Soviet enamel pin featuring cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich
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