Summer fashions of 1970 modelled by St Petersburg’s landmarks
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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PE class at school (1978)
The Summer Garden in St Petersburg and its iconic iron-cast railing. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov, 1970s
The Little Humpbacked Horse by Pyotr Yershov, illustrated by Nikolai Kochergin - this 1971 book was published in the USSR in English ()
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) ()
Bonus:
Title slides to filmstrips written by G. Skrebitsky, Soviet children’s author
“Athletes”, inkwell designed by N. Danko (1934)
“Be prepared!” - the motto of Soviet pioneers ()
Atlas of Moscow, 1989 ()
Fifty Piglets - traditional English nursery rhymes in Russian, illustrated by our favourite Yury Vasnetsov, 1981 ()
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”.