Back cover of Ogonyok magazine from the 1960s
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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Masters of the Soviet Ballet (1963) - album with 20 full page illustrations
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“The House of Books” in St Petersburg (1961)
Space Museum in VDNKh Moscow, Set of 14 (out of 15) vintage postcards (1982)
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Added some new animal pins to my shop
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Vintage cartoon pins
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Olympic Games Moscow 1980, Original vintage print
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Vintage postcard by F. Kiselyov, 1961
“To the Festival!” - postcard by V. Bordzilovsky, 1957
A small collection of mushroom postcards I put together.
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November issues of Murzilka, a Soviet children’s magazine
(1938—1988)