Kids eating watermelon, F. Paulyuk 1966
This blog shows old postcards from the Soviet Union. Retro illustration, beautiful film photography, kitsch and whimsy - all of this and more. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books and misc 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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In my line of work, I get to go through a lot of books every day. Most of them I load off in the local library: endless classical works; books found in every Soviet house that nobody ever read; obsolete novelists; war memoirs etc. But sometimes, sometimes there is a GEM. And this one here is by far the biggest I’ve ever found.
I almost tremble when I touch it! Albeit the poor condition, it’s still magic.
So, let me show you this awesome book of fairy tales by Kornei Chukovsky with illustrations by none other then Vladimir Konashevich. Published in 1935. It has seven full-color plates that even feel different to the touch (almost like they’re real paintings, not prints).
It’s a very rare edition and I should probably stop touching it, but it’s so lovely and amazing! Oh, also fun to find little bits of old grammar, like итти, танцовать.