The Frog Princess illustration by Yury Vasnetsov, postcard from 1967
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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.
Illustration for “Little Red Riding Hood “- postcard by A. Bondarovich (1959)
I find it really interesting how the translation affected illustrations for this fairy tale. Russian illustrations never have any long riding hoods because it’s Little Red Cap in Russian.
“Thumbelina” by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by N. Knyazkova (1986)
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Set of 10 postcards with illustrations for Ivan Krylov fables, illustrated by M. Taranov (1956)
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Lot of 4 unused Thumbelina birthday cards (1980s)
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Frog Princess illustration by Ivan Bilibin, postcard published in 1974
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Princess Frog illustration by Yury Vasnetsov, 1958 ()
Vintage Snow White bilingual book in Russian and English (1993)
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Illustration for Hungarian folk tale “Two Greedy Bears” by Yevgeny Rachyov, postcard from 1955 ()
Charles Perrault “Tom Thumb” - illustrated by O. Trendeleva (1972)s
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Thumbelina illustration by Natalya Barbotchenko, 1986
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Vintage Soviet postcard (1956) “Little White Duck” Russian folk tale illustration, artist Ivan Bilibin
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Russian books of the 1940s and 1950s, illustrated by Boris Dekhteryov
Fairy tales - woodcut illustrations by Ya. Manukhin, Full set of 12 vintage Soviet postcards (1972)
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“Three Little Pigs” book illustrations, Full set of 12 vintage postcards (1969), artist K. Rotov
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