“Soviet space exploration” - boxed set of 6 space pins from 1970s ()
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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Valentina Tereshkova print (1973)
In my shop:
Soviet enamel pin featuring cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich
Buy in my shop:
211 Days Aboard Salyut-7 - book from 1983. Salyut-7 was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. Its first crew, Anatoly Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev, spent 211 days on board in 1982. This book covers their story.
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Lunokhod (Moon Rover) enamel pin
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Steps Into Space, space art by V. Viktorov (1971). A super rare set, I’m thrilled to even hold it in my hands! It’s complete too, 32 postcards.
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“Space, So Close and So Far Away” - vintage Soviet space book from 1977. Includes several color pages with illustrations by Alexey Leonov and Andrei Sokolov. ()
Space pins -
Soyuz-4 rocket vintage pin
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Leningrad 1975
V. Ovcharov, “Morning In Raduzhny” (a town in Siberia) - vintage print, 1978 ()