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 and vintage finds from Russia. More items for sale on Facebook.
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Vintage Russian Back To School postcards (1950s)
“To School” by S. Kupriyanov, 1956
by I. Iskrinskaya, 1965
Vintage ephemera from my collection. “Happy new school year! Dear children, bring your used textbooks back to book shops. They will come useful for your younger comrades.” (1972)
September starts this Tuesday. In Russia September 1 it’s two big things: the first day of calendar autumn, and the Back To School day. Here are September 1 postcards that are .
All the school kids I know moan the end of summer holidays.
What about you - are you ready for autumn?
Vintage Russian Back to school postcards
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.
Back To School postcard by T. Narskaya, 1981
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