One Thousand and One Nights (Russia, 1929-1939)
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.
“The Tale of the Russian Land” by A. Nechvolodov (1913)
A fantastic example of traditional Russian ustav (uncial) script.
Illustrations from “Siberian Flora”, book published in St Petersburg in 1749.
Raisa Kudasheva “A Little Tree Was Born In The Forest” (a traditional Russian holiday song), book from 1958
Title page from Yevgeniya Trutneva’s book “Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn” illustrated by Sergey Kupriyanov (1966)
Vitaly Bianki “Zoy and Zoya” (1948). Illustration by I. Kuznetsov.
Sergey Mikhalkov, “In the Vladimir Lenin Museum” (1950)
Interestingly, you can see cars running on what is essentially the Red Square territory. It’s a pedestrian zone now.
“Metro” by Maria Strakhova, illustrated by Viktor Ivanov (1948)
Pictured on the cover of this book is the entrance to Krasnye Vorota metro station in Moscow.
Agniya Barto “A Nice Evening” (1952). Illustrated by I. Bruni.
Samuil Marshak, Soviet children’s book author. Book covers (1948-1962)
“The Three Bears” mini-book illustrated by Yuri Vasnetsov (1937)
Russian textbook for primary school (1962)
“Whistle’s Songs” “Cat’s Songs” - Soviet book by N. Aseyev published in 1925
(I’m not entirely sure what пищик is, I had to google it.)
Edit: apparently пищик/pişik means cat in Azerbaijaini (thanks, @hiamello!)
Conifers. Illustrations from the Botanical Atlas by B. Shishkin (1963)