Cover of Murzilka, May 1960
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.
Soft and alcohol drinks from the Soviet Union. Page from the first edition of the Book of Tasty and Healthy Foods (1939).
V. Sergeyev, illustration for a Boris Zakhoder’s poem for children, “Magic” (1980s)
Nikolai Ustinov. Illustration for Lev Kuzmin’s poem, “The Man Who Was Always Cold” (1969).
Coffee, cocoa, flour, milk spaghetti soup, buckwheats, pea soup, cranberry kissel, orange kissel.
Foods made by the Moscow Mikoyan Food Processing Plant. Illustration from the first edition of “The Book of Delicious and Healthy Food”, 1939.
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Record sleeve design from USSR (1965).
April. A 1972 postcard.
Cover of Funny Pictures, April 1984
Hedgehog in the Fog ❤
![Cover art of the first issue of Sverchok [Cricket] magazine, 1937.
“This is a mailman. It brings newspapers and magazines to all forest bugs and critters. It’s been walking the forest for a long time today, got tired and sat down on the mushroom for...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/cc2067aec385c72bb202eb82f0a3c3e6/cddb0efc1fad42c3-c1/s1280x1920/1703402514f9b25030a7572336d8e8b819c1c340.jpg)
Cover art of the first issue of Sverchok [Cricket] magazine, 1937.
“This is a mailman. It brings newspapers and magazines to all forest bugs and critters. It’s been walking the forest for a long time today, got tired and sat down on the mushroom for a bit of a rest.”
“Moscow of the third millennium” (published in 1972)
Nikolai Usachyov. Illustration for Mikhail Sholokhov’s short story “The Melon Patch” (1970s).
Mother hare and her baby hare. Illustration by Yevgeny Charushin as published in Chizh magazine, 1939.
Vyacheslav Nazaruk. Illustrations for Pavel Bazhov tales (1970s).
“The Young Wife” by Valentina and Sergey Chinyonov (Russia, 1982)