Sports photography by Lev Borodulin, 1950s-1960s. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10 (info)
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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Pins that I picked while in Moscow (they will be in the shop soon!)
Mushroom enamel pins
“Bullfinch” illustrated by A. Neruchev (1917)
Soviet magazines for children and teens:
Campfire, Tech for the Youth, The Young Naturalist, Murzilka, Funny Pictures, Pioneer, Little Spark, Barvinok
Soviet Union razor blade packaging from the 1950s and 60s
Soviet Union in the early 1950s (Yalta, Moscow) ()
Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s ()
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
March issues of Murzilka, a kids magazine from the Soviet Union (1950s-1960s)
I’m so excited for spring!
Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) on record covers from 1950s and 1960s.
Moscow, 1966. Monument to the Conquerors of Space. Ostankino TV tower is being built.