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.
I can’t decide whether this pin is of a mushroom or a ladybug. What do you think?
By the cast iron fence of the Summer Garden in Leningrad (1950s)
“Let’s keep and grow the young stock!” Soviet poster designed by D. Gorlov (1942)
Moscow State University. Students of the Physics Department. Photo by David Sholomovich (1955)
Taking pictures of penguins during the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955)
Volga river. Tver region, Russia (1973)
Breakfast in kommunalka (communal apartment), 1972
At kolkhoz worker’s home (1950)
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Valentina Avdysheva “Buns for tea”. 1966
Валентина Авдышева “Булочки к чаю”. 1966