Photos from yesterday’s Victory Parade in Sarov, Russia. Photographer Darya Latysheva.
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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Historical reenactment of partisans saving civilians from a Nazi-occupied village. Performed on May 9, 2019 in Sarov, Russia. Photography by Darya Latysheva.
More pictures from historical reenactment of partisans saving civilians from a Nazi-occupied village. Performed on May 9, 2019 in Sarov, Russia. Photography by Yelisey Shnyagin.
I gotta say it was SO loud with all the shooting and explosions. Quite scary, too.
Victory Day in Moscow (1970)
“Peace. Work. May”, a classic May Day slogan in the USSR (Moscow, 1960s)
Dzerzhinsky Square in Moscow (current/historical name Lubyanka), 1955
Kuibysheva Street (historic/current name Ilyinka) in Moscow near the Red Square (1961)
Leningrad, in front of Kazansky Cathedral (1962)
1950s
May 1—celebrated as the Day of International Solidarity of Workers in the Soviet Union.
Here’s to all of us who work for a living!
“North” by O. Guryan (1934)