Moika river embankment in Leningrad (1973)
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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Novorossiysk, a city in the south of Russia (1970s)
Leningrad 1950s
St Isaac’s Square in Leningrad (St Petersburg), 1955
Zagorodny prospekt in Leningrad (1989)
Leningrad, 1960s. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich.
Anichkov Bridge, Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), 1974
View of Sofya Perovskaya street (current/historic name Malaya Konyushennaya) in Leningrad (St Petersburg), 1953
Neva river embankment (1965). Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich.
Illustration for Russian folk tale Masha and the Bear. Artist Nikolai Ustinov (who I admire), 1976
Metro station in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1978)