Rare Yuri Gagarin postcards that were published in Soviet Union in 1961 by small printshops.
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.
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Izvestia publishing house. Published as a pocket calendar in 1927.
Bicycle travellers in Moscow oblast, Russia (1985)
Tourists near cabins on lake Issyk-Kul (Kirghizia, 1970s)
After-flight checkup of space dog Veterok (1966)
Milk. Photo by Aleksandr Khlebnikov (1926).
Pocket calendar published by Abrikosov & Sons (Russia, 1885)
“Strawberries” by Igor Kornilov (linocut, 1958)
Boat by the shore. Kosalma, Karelia. Photo by Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (Russia, summer 1978).
Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by A. Gostev (1982).
Kizhi, Karelia. Photo by Viktor Ruikovich (Russia, 1972).