Saint Petersburg, Summer Gardens fence. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1960s
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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Vosstaniya square in St Petersburg - metro station pavillion (1957)
Ligovsky prospekt, Saint Petersburg (1930s)
There no trees on Ligovsky now.
Leningrad 1962
View of the building. You can see neon signs for Aeroflot (left) and a fashion house (right).
The Arch of the General Staff Building in Leningrad, mid-1940s
Photo by Sergey Shimansky
Nevsky prospekt in St Petersburg, 1960s
Joining Komsomol. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1969)
Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich. Leningrad, 1960s.
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.
First day cover commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Sputnik launch. Autographed by Yuri Gagarin (1962)
Leningrad theater guide, 1928