Vladimir Mayakovsky large wall print (1977)
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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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Kievskaya metro station in Moscow. Photo by
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1954).
Molodyozhnoye cafe in Moscow (1960s)
Primorye (Russian Far East). Bear cubs.
State Children’s Library in Moscow. Photo by Boris Kavashkin (1987)
This is so me when I was a kid!
Such a cute little book reader :) Obviously, I googled the book she’s reading. It was quite hard to track, but it’s Sergey Mikhalkov’s “Jolly Travelers” from 1963. Yay.
Saturday crafts. DIY Mir space station from Murzilka magazine (1988)
(If you actually do it, can you show me your result please? :D)
Manezhnaya Square in Moscow (1960s)
Vadkovsky alley in Moscow (1965)
Vintage ads. Posters and a book illustration for vitamins (1950s)