Contes de L’Isba (Tales of Izba) - a collection of Russian fairy tales published in France in 1931 and illustrated by Ivan Bilibin (who left Russia in 1920).
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.
Merry-go-round of Russian fairy tale characters. Can you tell them all?
Illustration by T. Zuikova (1969)
Illustration for Russian folk tale The Little Turnip by I. Belopolskaya and I. Komarov (1970)
“Little Teryosha”, Russian folk tale illustrated by Yuvenaly Korovin (1973)
Illustration for Russian folk tale Masha and the Bear. Artist Nikolai Ustinov (who I admire), 1976
“The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” by Alexander Pushkin, illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich (1922)
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Kolobok (Russian folk tale). Illustration by Yury Vasnetsov.
“The Three Bears” mini-book illustrated by Yuri Vasnetsov (1937)
Antique postcards by B. Zvorykin (1896)