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.
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“Happy holiday, dear women!” Soviet poster by I. Kominarets (1976)
“Young builders of communism! Go forward to new succeses in labour and education!” - poster designed by M. Solovyov (1950)
Vintage posters. The 4th Bandy World Championship, match between Finland in Sweden (1965)
Yury Yakovlev as tsar Ivan the Terrible in “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” (1973)
“I Saw It” - a little poem about elephant- and camel-shaped clouds by Vladimir Lifshitz, illustrated by V. Kanevsky (1978)
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.
Controversial Exhibition of the Kumach Artist Group (1930)
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”.
Funny Pictures (Soviet children’s magazine) March 1963. The snowman’s sign says “Good bye!”
19th Party Congress, decorative fabric (1952)