Izmailovsky Gardens entrance, Leningrad 1950s
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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Leningrad, 1950s
Daycare kids out by St Isaac’s Cathedral in Leningrad, late 1950s
Leningrad 1953
Kronverskaya embankment in Leningrad during white nights. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1965)
Children in Leningrad (1950s)
Vosstaniya square in St Petersburg - metro station pavillion (1957)
Turning machine operator Sergey Bushuyev with his wife Antonina and daughter Larisa in their home (1957)
getting haircuts (Russia, 1917)
November 7 celebrations on the covers of Murzilka (1925-1968). November 7 (the October Revolution Day) was one of the biggest holidays in the Soviet Union with huge celebrations all over the country.
Photography by Vladimir Yudanov (1982)