This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
May 9 (WWII Victory Day) is the day I think about my grandparents a lot. Unfortunately, I only knew one of them, my father’s father (bottom row). All others died before I could talk. All of them survived the WWII. Grandfather Serafim (top row) was a train driver. Grandmother Masha
(top row)
was a nurse and also worked on a train. That’s how they met - on railroad. Grandfather Tolya was a tank pointer during the war, and an optics physysist after. Grandma Nadya was a doctor, after the war she worked as a pediatrician.
I try to learn more about them and what kind of people they were. Sometimes I see in me something that I clearly got from them and it’s crazy.
Tell me about your grandparents, especially those who aren’t with us anymore. Let’s remember them.
Vintage letter paper - 5 double sheets. Each of the sheets has one little troika design and opens up to A4/letter size. Some handling wear, but overall good condition and perfectly usable. Rare design.
Palekh illustrations for Alexander Pushkin’s “The Tale of the Dead Tsarevna and the Seven Heroes” (postcards from 1968). Unused, but have some handling wear on them (corners, edges).
$2.50—$3 each depending on condition + $5 shipping
