Doll made in Leningrad (Lenigrushka - Leningrad Toys factory), 1950s
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Rubber toys from Soviet Union (1950s) (via Vsevolod Ladifyan)
Tea packaging labels from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Teas were named after their locations: Tseylon tea, Indian tea, Georgian tea, Krasnodar tea (a city in the South of Russia), Azerbaijanian tea, Chinese tea. There was also the name of the tea packaging factory on the back of the pack.
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Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s (via)
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
Vintage tea box from the Soviet Union, 1950s ()
I have the very same tea box from my grandparents! I use it as my default box for loose green tea. I love it. Mine has less color left in it though, it’s almost silver. I was quite surprised to find out that it was originally yellow. :)
Doll dressing line (Soviet Union)
Vintage ads for contraceptives (Soviet Union, 1950s)
Tea time à la Soviet Union—jam, lemon and Crawfish hard candy (early 1950s)
Toy shop in Kursk, Russia (1950s)
You can see many separate doll heads, they were for DIY dolls (you made the body yourself).
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Children and their toys (Soviet Union, 1940s-1970s)
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)