Aini Bapayeva from Kirghiz SSR during kolkhoz race (1939)
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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Illustration from “The Fox and the Mouse” by Vitaly Bianki, artist Yury Vasnetsov.
“You’ll get out when you’re hungry!”
“So this here is the pantry in my burrow.”
New Year show for children in Kremlin, artist Ivan Tikhy (1956)
Moscow metro (1982)
On the outskirts of Moscow. Photo by V. Stepanov (1960s)
Yauza river embankment in Moscow. Photo by V. Stepanov (1960s)
“Young skiers”, postcard by A. Maleinov (1962)
“Hello, winter!” Illustration by T. Kolyusheva (1972)
New Year tree near the Moskva Department Store in Moscow.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, photo by Viktor Velikzhanin (1971)