Military ranks of the Soviet Union: epaulettes. Illustration published in Murzilka magazine in 1978.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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“I serve the Soviet Union!” Poster by Vladimir Vladimirov (1961)
February 23 — Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia. Formerly Soviet Army Day.
Happy holiday to all of my male readers (and all women in the military, too)!
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second photo shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian here.
Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Vintage railroad map of Soviet Union, 1976
In my shop: http://etsy.me/2FdR2IZ
Pin #1 reads “Prepared for civil defence in USSR”
Pin #2 reads “Honored student of the Soviet Army”
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Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov