Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s ()
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
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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Set of 15 vintage stamps commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Union (1957)
Vintage Soviet candy packaging from the 1930s ()
August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian .
Corn cereals - vintage Soviet advertisements
“Hold high flags of athletic pride of the Soviet Union!” - vintage Russian poster
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) ()
Bonus:
Soviet Union 60th anniversary - vintage enamel pin ()
Alexander Pushkin’s fairy tales on vintage Soviet chocolate wrappers.
June 6 is Pushkin’s birthday.
Neon signs in Leningrad of 1970s