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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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Window shopping. Photo by Robert Diament (1954)
Comsposer Dmitry Shostakovich in the Red Arrow train (this train runs between Moscow and St Petersburg). Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1966.
Moscow subway, Kirovskaya station. Postcard with a stamp affixed to the front, 1938.
Nizhny Tagil, Siberia, Russia (1950s)
Pushkinskaya square in Moscow, 1964
This photo speaks to me. I had a short period in my life when I woke up at 4, got a bunch of newspapers fresh off the print and walked around the designated area to put them up in the reading stands.
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“The Man and the Bear” illustrations V. Chizhikov (1991)
“Мужик и медведь” иллюстрации В.Чижиков (1991)
Illustration from “Album of edible and poisonous mushrooms” by G. Nadson, published in 1920.
Cute puppy pin ()
‘Moscow’, vintage enamel pin ()
Samarkand pin ()