Sergey Mikhalkov, “In the Vladimir Lenin Museum” (1950)
Interestingly, you can see cars running on what is essentially the Red Square territory. It’s a pedestrian zone now.
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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“Metro” by Maria Strakhova, illustrated by Viktor Ivanov (1948)
Pictured on the cover of this book is the entrance to Krasnye Vorota metro station in Moscow.
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Moscow metro (1963)
Pilot Galina Chelibanova from Chelyabinsk. Photo by N. Matorin (1969)
Illustration by T. Zebrova from a children’s book by A. Govorov, “Bullfinches” (1973)
“Rose in a Jar” by Nikolai Sokolov (1982)
Orest Vereisky “By the Window” (1991)
The Moscow State University (1953)
Snow Queen illustration by Valery Alfeyevsky (postcard, 1963)
Agniya Barto “A Nice Evening” (1952). Illustrated by I. Bruni.