New Year dinner essentials, the Soviet style (advertising posters from 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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Saturday crafts. DIY Mir space station from Murzilka magazine (1988)
(If you actually do it, can you show me your result please? :D)
Raisa Kudasheva “A Little Tree Was Born In The Forest” (a traditional Russian holiday song), book from 1958
New Year ball in 1964. Photo by Miroslav Murazov.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka (1973)
IKEA made a most darling assembly instruction for the Russian salad–Olivier or Olivye–a staple of the Russian New Year celebrations. Love this!
I make a huge bowl of this salad once a year and eat it on New Year’s day plus as long as it lasts in January. Can’t wait! :)
PS: this recipe doesn’t look entirely correct. If you want to make the Russia salad, google a tested recipe.
Pilot Galina Chelibanova from Chelyabinsk. Photo by N. Matorin (1969)
“Children’s mittens. Navy, red, blue - choose your own!” - vintage advertising poster, USSR 1976
Hotel bar at the National in Moscow (1970). I dig the samovar.