Saint Petersburg, Manezhnaya square (1967)
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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Leningrad, 1960s. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich.
Vasily Lanovoy (Russian actor) on Novy Arbat street in Moscow, 1972
The Summer Gardens in Saint Petersburg, photo by Yevgeny Khaldei (1954)
Architect Tatyana Rimskaya-Korsakova, 1930s
Vintage railroad map of Soviet Union, 1976
In my shop:
March Murzilka issues through the years (1928—1969)
Tea set manufactured by Baranovsky Porcelain Factory, USSR 1960s
(Collection of Moscow Design Museum)
If you’re in Belgium, you must check this out. The Moscow Design Museum and the ADAM (Brussels Design Museum) present: Soviet Design. Red Wealth, the first of its kind retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR in the past century.
Open until 21.05.2018. Info:
Now wouldn’t it be great to do a meet-up in Brussels! I wish, I wish :)
Irina Alfyorova, Russian Soviet actress
Leningrad, mid-1970s