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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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Vintage butterfly pin ()
Vintage Soviet poster - Little Octobrists, artist M. Lukyanov, 1982 ()
Notice how each kid comes from a different Soviet republic.
Toadstool pin ()
French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Yuri Gagarin vintage pins ()
Soviet doll house kitchen (c. early 1980s)
Library in Baku, Azerbaijan (1950s)
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”.
“Sausages” - promotional poster for RosGlavMyaso (Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry), 1952
Neon lights in Leningrad