Leningrad, Zhelyabova street, 1987
(now Saint Petersburg, Bolshaya Konyushennaya st.)
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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The Hermitage Art Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
From Ogonyok magazine, 1960s
Leningrad / Saint Petersburg
St Petersburg love songs
Pavel Kadochnikov - Leningrad Waltz (1957)
Leonid Utyosov - Winter Leningrad
Yury Khochinsky - In Leningrad (1958)
Matchbox labels - landmarks of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) ()
Alexandrinsky theater in Saint Petersburg, 1955
Ostrovsky square in Saint Petersburg (Catherine II monument,
Alexandrinsky theater in the background), 1955
Sennoy Bridge in Leningrad in the 80s. I used to walk it all the time when I lived in St Petersburg and had a PO Box at the main post office. Such a cool part of the city!
Slide from an old filmstrip talking about White nights in Leningrad (St Petersburg) when you can read outside in the middle of the night. Peak of White nights is in mid-June.
Saint Petersburg, Manezhnaya square (1967)
