Matchbox labels - landmarks of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) ()
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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Leningrad, Zhelyabova street, 1987
(now Saint Petersburg, Bolshaya Konyushennaya st.)
The Hermitage Art Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
From Ogonyok magazine, 1960s
Leningrad / Saint Petersburg
Leningrad 1972 ()
Beach by the Peter-and-Paul fortress in Leningrad, 1966 ()
St Petersburg love songs
Pavel Kadochnikov - Leningrad Waltz (1957)
Leonid Utyosov - Winter Leningrad
Yury Khochinsky - In Leningrad (1958)
Alexandrinsky theater in Saint Petersburg, 1955
Ostrovsky square in Saint Petersburg (Catherine II monument,
Alexandrinsky theater in the background), 1955
Sennoy Bridge in Leningrad in the 80s. I used to walk it all the time when I lived in St Petersburg and had a PO Box at the main post office. Such a cool part of the city!
