Printed ads from Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Pages from the book “Advertisements Around Us” (1983)
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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Advertising booklet for Aeroflot (the Soviet Airlines) and the IL-18 plane, early 1970s ()
Vintage ads for exported USSR-made safety matches.
Soviet vintage notecard (1984)
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Vintage DIY school help folder (for kids learning to read and count). If you want to play a parent in the Soviet Union and test your cut-and-paste skills, this is your chance. ()
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.
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) ()
Bonus:
Window shopping. Photo by Robert Diament (1954)