Soviet children's books 1920s - 1930s

The IISH houses a rich collection of manuscripts, books and pamphlets documenting the social and political history of Russia and the Soviet Union. It is also home to a fine collection of Russian children’s picture books from the 1920s and 1930s, which is presented here.
The great variety of styles is immediately apparent when leafing through the collection: from sweet traditional drawings to avant-garde and socialist realism.

Tsirk (The circus), 1928

O Ermile i docheri Liudmile (About Ermila and his daughter Ljudmila), 1925

Miach (The ball), 1928

Fedorino gore (Fedora’s grief), [1930?]

Kto skoree (Which is faster), 1926

Detskii internatsional (The children’s International), 1926

Prazdnik (Holiday), 1927

Dva det-domo (Two children’s homes), 1928

Slonenok (The elephant’s child), 1921

Kon’ogon’ (The fiery horse), 1928

Morozhenoe (Ice-cream), 1929

Source: Soviet children’s books

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