Children in 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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Daycare kids out by St Isaac’s Cathedral in Leningrad, late 1950s
Izmailovsky Gardens entrance, Leningrad 1950s
Leningrad, 1950s
Vosstaniya square in St Petersburg - metro station pavillion (1957)
Leningrad 1953
Sofya Perovskaya street in Leningrad (historic and current name Malaya Konyushennaya; Saint Petersburg), 1990
Saint Petersburg, Summer Gardens fence. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1960s
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