Welcome to the Soviet Union! Vintage travel poster (1964)
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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“Homeland is calling. Komsomol, forward!”
Vintage poster by G. Dmitriyeva (1957)
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Snowfall in Moscow (1964)
Saint Petersburg, Summer Gardens fence. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1960s
“Towards the Sun and Wind”, song book for attendees of the 16th Komsomol Congress of Latvia (1962)
Joining Komsomol. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1969)
Kronverskaya embankment in Leningrad during white nights. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1965)
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.
Conifers. Illustrations from the Botanical Atlas by B. Shishkin (1963)