Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1978)
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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“May there always be sun!” (lyric from a popular Soviet children’s song). Artist G. Aseyeva, 1963.
Apple picking near Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), 1972
Moscow State University (1960)
Toy shop in Kursk, Russia (1950s)
You can see many separate doll heads, they were for DIY dolls (you made the body yourself).
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Art by Nikolai Ustinov (1969)
Yuri Gagarin amidst celebrations marking his space flight. The boy is dressed up as a cosmonaut, his headpiece reads USSR.
Sokolniki metro station in Moscow ft. portaits of Kaganovich, Stalin and Ordzhonikidze (1935)
Central Park in Leningrad (1946)
Store #19 in Moscow (1971)
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