“Happy New Year 1949” Sokolniki park in Moscow
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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“Happy New Year, Comrades!” - vintage Soviet poster featuring Moscow landmarks (1950s)
Illuminated New Year tree on October 50th Anniversary Square in Moscow. December 22, 1968. Photo by Naum Granovsky.
New Year decorations in Sokolniki park in Moscow (1955). Photo by M. Ozersky.
A New Year stall in Moscow (1958)
Winter holidays in Tainitsky Garden in Moscow Kremlin. Photo by V. Yegorov (1961)
Holiday decorated shop in Soviet Union
Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
“Soviet Childhood” exhibition in Moscow in January 2015. Love those tins and party invitations from the 1950s - they’re quite hard to find today.
Happy New Year! (Soviet poster)
Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov