Polar view, postcard from 1958
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 and vintage finds from Russia.
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Cartoon vintage enamel pins
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S. Sakharnov “Ram and Rum” (Latvian edition), 1965
Olympic Games Moscow 1980, Original vintage print
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Soviet man-made satellites - set of 3 vintage posters (1958)
“Technology for the Youth” Scientific Magazine cover, 1967, № 8. In this issue there were published results for the contest “Imagine a robot”:) From the Moscow Design Museum collection
Vintage candy bar wrappers from Russia, Moldova, Georgia
Vintage print - The Little Red Devils movie poster (1983)
Original poster from 1924
Gennady Tsyferov - Visiting the Stars, 1967
Newborn Baby Russian Postcard (1992), artist Vladimir Zarubin
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All 9 soviet space dogs, top to bottom:
Laika - Sputnik 2, November 3 1957: First living being to reach space, DIED IN ORBIT.
Belka and Strelka - Sputnik 5, August 19 1960: First living beings to reach space and return ALIVE.
Pchyolka and Mushka - Sputnik 6, December 1 1960: Reached orbit, DIED ON REENTRY after a malfunction activated the capsule’s self-destruct system.
Chernushka - Sputnik 9, 9 March 1961: First dog to return alive without a fellow companion.
Zvyozdochka - Sputnik 10, 25 March 1961: Last dog to go into orbit before the first human, Yuri Gagarin, did, she was also named by him.
Veterok and Ugolyok - Cosmos 110, 22 February 1966: Lasting 22 days in orbit, it became the longest space flight by dogs, they were also the last soviet space dogs.