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”.
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 Soviet navy-themed books. Love the hand-lettered designs!
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Vintage Soviet poster - Little Octobrists, artist M. Lukyanov, 1982 ()
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Atlas of Moscow, 1989 ()
Summer fashions of 1970 modelled by St Petersburg’s landmarks
French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Ice dancers Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov
At the Vosstaniya Square, St Petersburg (1962)
Soviet doll house kitchen (c. early 1980s)
Day tourists at Klyazma water reservoir in Moscow region (1963)
Phone booth at a factory. Image found in Rabotnitsa magazine from October 1969