# soviet caturday folklorethursday

"Zvířátka" written by I.Novak and illustrated by V. Junek, published in Czechoslovakia in 1952

Wonderful, needed cuteness overload.

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2021-07-08

"Let's Study" is a beautiful Georgian avant-garde children's book written by Taso Zaalishvili and illustrated by S. Zaalishvili in 1928.

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2021-07-03

"Our Enemies" written in Ukrainian by Yakov Hlemensky and illustrated by Israil Nizhnik in 1931. Enemy number one in soviet times was a lazy person!

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2021-07-01

"October Songs" written by Natan Vengrov and illustrated by Lydia Popova, N.Tuganov and A.Petrova, published in 1927.

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2021-06-30

"The Carousel" written by Boris Pasternak and illustrated by Dmitry Mitrohin 1926. Apparently, writing in didactic tones for children was a difficult feat for Pasternak since he had a very vague idea of what was good and what was bad.

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2021-06-23

A song for ! "Kittens" from 1948

words by Konstantin L‘dov and illustrations by G.S.Yakuovich

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2021-06-19

Aleksandr Vvedensky' children's poetry book "Run and Jump" illustrated by Vera Ermolaeva in 1930.

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2021-06-18

Wonderful illustrations of Paulina Garwatowska for the Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales" (Basnie) in 1988.

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2021-06-15

"Happiness" written by Maurice Carême, the Russian translation is illustrated by Viktor Pivovarov in 1970. The pastel world full of incredible flowers definitely brings me happiness. https://t.co/s1CV9gnPQb

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2021-06-12

"The Wonder Tree" written by Korney Chukovsky and illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich in 1926.

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2021-06-07

“On the Spacecraft” written in Polish by Marek Koreywo and illustrated by Marian Stachurski 1968. This is a Russian translation.

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2021-05-29

"Greedy are Richer", Belorussian fairytales illustrated by Nikolai Seleshyuk in 1986.

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2021-05-27

“Bicycle Ride” by uknown artist (USSR, 1960s)

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2021-05-16

"An Ox Roars on a Hundred Mountains", Ukrainian folklore and riddles illustrated by Valentina Melnichenko in 1988.

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2021-05-13

"An Ox Roars on a Hundred Mountains", Ukrainian folklore and riddles illustrated by Valentina Melnichenko in 1988.

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2021-05-13

“Woman in the Hammock” by Yuri Pimenov (USSR, 1934)

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2021-05-12

"Camouflage" was written & illustrated by Vladimir Tambi in 1930. He was a student of Vladimir Lebedev and he became the leading designer of technological picture books. Tambi was enamored with the technical aspects of machines and his illustrations show it.

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2021-05-10

"The Snow Queen" written by H.C.Andersen and illustrated for an American publication by a Yugoslavian artist Toma Bogdanavic in 1968.

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2021-05-08

Postcards by Evgeny Galey from the characters of "Adventures of Cipollino" written by Gianni Rodari in 1951.

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2021-05-07