School children prepared new birdhouses for springtime.
Did you know that in Russian, birdhouse is literally a “starling-place”? But of course, any birds are welcome. :)
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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Cover of “Building USSR” (August 1937). You can see the specially designed ring that held together a pioneer’s red scarf. Those rings were widely used until late 30s and then were gradually replaced with pioneer pins.
Pioneers from other cities came to see the Red Square. Moscow, 1976.
Artek, the most famous pioneer summer camp in the Soviet Union. Illustration by E. Gorokhovsky (1985)
Vintage ads for Lithuanian canned foods featuring actress Gražina Baikštytė (1977)
Space exhibition in the Moscow Polytechnic Museum. Photo by Nikolai Kondakov (1979)
