Photo by Alexander Sentsov (1980)
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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Illustrations from Soviet fashion magazine “Models of the Season” (1958)
Moscow State University (1955)
My mom’s vintage boxes for buttons and thread.
Birch catkins engraving by A. Borodin (1971)
Novorossiysk, a city in the south of Russia (1970s)
Moika river embankment in Leningrad (1973)
Birthday card by Vladimir Zarubin (1991)
Valentina Tereshkova eating tubed space food in a flight simulator (1963)
Charlie Chaplin, foxtrot composed by Ya. Rozenfeld (sheet music, 1926)