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Re:Soviet Children’s Books That Broke the Rules of Propaganda by FlyingSnake on Saturday November 03, 2018 @11:04AM (#18370523)
Same here. I loved the Misha books, and they were a special part of my childhood. I still remember the distinct smell of those books, and was really sad when they stopped arriving. I wasn't mature enough to understand the fall of Soviet union, but I distinctly remember the special TV programs on Doordarshan when PVN opened up the Indian economy. They had a really unique style which was so radically different from the ones available locally. Is there any online archive of these (in English preferably)
Re:Soviet Children’s Books That Broke the Rules of Propaganda by yantrams on Saturday November 03, 2018 @11:36AM (#18370683)
The smell yes! This may sound weird and is completely unrelated but I felt the smell of new Apple products comes very close to that of Misha magazines. Noticed it with every Apple hardware I bought so far starting from the 1st generation Macbook.

Science books from Mir, Raduga and Progress publications - https://mirtitles.org/ Children's books - http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/

Last time I checked, I couldn't find any sources for Misha other than a couple of them scattered across file sharing sites.