Yuri Vasnetsov’s illustration for Kolobok, Russian fairy tale. Postcard from early 1940s.
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.
A Sick Hare, postcard by A. Belov (1956)
Rare Soviet postcard from 1930s
Postcard by Z. Vaneyeva (USSR, 1970)
“Spring in the forest”, postcard by A. Golubev (1965)
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One of Orthodox Christmas traditions is koledari - a kind of Christmas caroling. One of Russian names for Christmas eve is коляда, and koledari is called similarly–колядки.
Here are some 19 century postcards depicting koledari.
January 6 is Orthodox Christmas Eve. Here are some antique (pre-Soviet) postcards that celebrate Christmas.
(from Yuri Kombolin’s collection)
Collectibles for the New York World Fair 1939
Pins, postcard set, postage stamps
Booklet 1,
G. Shelmanov “By the TV. The New Program” (1954)
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“Golden Cockerel”, Russian fairy tale illustration by Ivan Bilibin (postcard from 1961)
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Vintage postcard - illustration for “Morozko” (Russian folk tale) by Ivan Bilibin (1956)
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