“Happy holiday, dear women!” Soviet poster by I. Kominarets (1976)
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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Women’s Day poster by V. Konyukhov (1979)
Vintage posters. The 4th Bandy World Championship, match between Finland in Sweden (1965)
“Young builders of communism! Go forward to new succeses in labour and education!” - poster designed by M. Solovyov (1950)
Vintage ads. Chocolate boxes by Krasny Oktyabr (Red October), 1950.
“Red Army brings liberation to the oppressed of the world” (Soviet poster, 1919)
Videophone from the 70s. Originally created to be used in clinics, a few of those were installed in places like posh hotels. They say each videophone cost as five Volga cars.
“I Saw It” - a little poem about elephant- and camel-shaped clouds by Vladimir Lifshitz, illustrated by V. Kanevsky (1978)
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Riga 1972
Probably my favourite children’s book artist - Syuzanna Byalkovskaya. These two are from the 1974 book called “If You Sit Really Really Quietly in the Forest”.