Sputnik postcard by V. Viktorov, 1971 (full set is in my shop)
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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“Little Teryosha”, Russian folk tale illustrated by Yuvenaly Korovin (1973)
Illustrations by Yury Bazhanov for Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s book “The Path To The Stars” (1960)
Rostral columns in Leningrad (1988)
Moskovsky prospect in Leningrad (1972)
Metro station in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1978)
United States as seen by Soviet artist Orest Vereisky (1960s)
Enamel cigarette cases designed at Pavel Ovchinnikov’s manufactory (Russia, end of 19th cent.)
Find the same flowers in the grass as those in the sky. Write in corresponding letters and read the result.
Illustration by G. Sokolov, published in Murzilka in July 1978.
Here’s my yesterday’s pin haul! 🤩
GUM (department store in Moscow) in 1984