Women’s Day poster by V. Konyukhov (1979)
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.
More you might like
“Happy holiday, dear women!” Soviet poster by I. Kominarets (1976)
“Winter is Leaving”. Illustration by Ivan Semyonov. Published in Funny Pictures magazine, March 1973.
“To have more one must produce more. To produce more one must have more knowledge.” Soviet poster with education propaganda (1920s)
Tamara Fomichyova, AN-2 pilot in Krasnodarsky krai of Russia. Works in agriculture. Photo by I. Zhuravlyov, published in Rabotnitsa (’Working Woman’) magazine in 1974.
“I Saw It” - a little poem about elephant- and camel-shaped clouds by Vladimir Lifshitz, illustrated by V. Kanevsky (1978)
Yury Yakovlev as tsar Ivan the Terrible in “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” (1973)
Photo by Nina Sviridova & Dmitry Vozdvizhensky
Controversial Exhibition of the Kumach Artist Group (1930)
Kislovodsk, early 1950s. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand.
Funny Pictures (Soviet children’s magazine) March 1963. The snowman’s sign says “Good bye!”