Soviet doll house kitchen (c. early 1980s)
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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French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Barbecuing in the woods (шашлыки!)
Vintage Soviet poster - Little Octobrists, artist M. Lukyanov, 1982 ()
Notice how each kid comes from a different Soviet republic.
Bird pins ()
PE class at school (1978)
Title slides to filmstrips written by G. Skrebitsky, Soviet children’s author
“Sausages” - promotional poster for RosGlavMyaso (Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry), 1952
My pal explored this abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium in Toksovo, not far from St Petersburg. Look at these beautiful garden sculptures. They were a thing in the Soviet Union, a now forgotten art. Pedestals read “Life” and “Labour”.
Neon lights in Leningrad
Yuri Gagarin vintage pins ()