I’ll just post it again because it’s magnificent!
I had to make it really tiny otherwise it didn’t work on tumblr. :\
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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Friday night goals: drink lots of tea while maintaining good posture
(Gif from Karlsson-on-the-Roof Returns, 1970)
Young Boris Grebenschikov of the rock band Aquarium during taping of “Music Ring”, a Soviet music show (October 1986)
Agniya Barto “A Nice Evening” (1952). Illustrated by I. Bruni.
Poet Boris Pasternak (1922)
Саша Чёрный. Два желания.
I
Жить на вершине голой,
Писать простые сонеты…
И брать от людей из дола
Хлеб вино и котлеты.
II
Сжечь корабли и впереди, и сзади,
Лечь на кровать, не глядя ни на что,
Уснуть без снов и, любопытства ради,
Проснуться лет чрез сто.
<1909>
(1880-1932)
Two Wishes
1.
To live on an exposed peak,
To write uncomplicated sonnets…
Being sustained by the peasants
With bread, wine, and cutlets.
2.
To burn my ships, those behind and ahead,
To lie down, looking at nothing, in bed.
Drift into dreamless sleep and, for ken’s sake,
Some one hundred years or so hence, awake.
(1909)
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Komsomolskaya metro station in Moscow (1980)
Winter in Moscow. St Basil Cathedral on the Red Square.
Little Octobrists, postcard by M. Fuks (Estonia, 1966)
Russian holiday stamp 2019 is out and I love it! Snegurochka is a classic New Year character. I’ll be using this stamp on all outgoing mail starting today. :)