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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“Buy postage stamps!” - vintage pocket calendars encouraging people to collect stamps (1970s-1980s)
Manezhnaya Square in Moscow (1960s)
Soviet space-themed , 1950s-1960s ()
Bear in a troika sledge (illustration by V. Losin, 1975)
1950s
Harvesting flax near Kostroma. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1957)
“Happy New Year, comrades!” - Soviet poster
New Year dinner essentials, the Soviet style (advertising posters from 1950s)
Mishka in space, illustration from Murzilka (1979)
Making friends with polar bears. Chukotka, Russian Far East (1980s)