Vintage holiday envelopes from the 50s (Soviet Union)
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.
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Wall calendar on vintage Russian New Year postcards
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Best wishes for the New Year (postcards from 1957—1960)
June 22, the day World War II started for the Soviet Union, is the Day of Remembrance and Mourning in Russia.
This is my grandfather, who just turned 17 at the time, 4 months after the war started. It’s a tiny photo that came to my posession a couple weekes ago, kindly passed on to me by my cousin twice removed during a big family gathering.
War is not parades. War is not showing it to someone. War is 17 year old boys wearing military uniform, killing and being killed. War is broken lives of an entire generation.
Never forget!
Помню. Скорблю.
8 days left until the New Year!
Year number on New Year postcards
Clocks on Soviet New Year postcards (1950s—1980s)
New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
Soviet vintage notecard (1984)
It reads “7 October - the Soviet Union Constirution Day”
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The Hermitage Art Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
From Ogonyok magazine, 1960s