Handmade herbarium. Russia, 1882.
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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Stolby, a nature reserve in Siberia (1977)
Robot by L. Nizhny (1977)
“So tell us, who are we? We’re not rabbits! We’re sea wolves…”
Illustration by Ivan Semyonov. The ship is named Carrot :)
Listed in my shop!
Vershinino village in Arkhangelsk region of Russia (1980)
Leningrad Music Hall, photos by Bill Eppridge (1967)
In the boat. Postcard by N. Shishlovsky (1956)
I went back to the school this morning to salvage the rest of the state emblems. Yesterday’s one was of the USSR (it sold already), these are of Soviet republics. There are 13 in total, 2 missing (Ukraine and Armenia). I’m so excited about finding these!! They’re just so awesome!
Rossiya Movie Theater in Moscow (1974)