Artek, the most famous pioneer summer camp in the Soviet Union. Illustration by E. Gorokhovsky (1985)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Pioneers in Artek (#1 pioneer camp in the Soviet Union), 1930s. Notice they have pioneer tie grips rather than pins.
“We are on guard of the harvest” - illustration by K. Artseulov from a book about Soviet pioneer hero Pavlik Morozov (USSR, 1936)
May 19 - the Pioneers’ Day
Soviet Union Pioneer Organization was founded on May 19, 1922
Scans from “The Teen”, Soviet book from 1982. The first photo witnesses young octobrists becoming pioneers.
Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
Vintage DIY school help folder (for kids learning to read and count). If you want to play a parent in the Soviet Union and test your cut-and-paste skills, this is your chance. ()
Vintage Soviet magazine covers featuring pioneers. Radio, Rabotnitsa, Krestyanka (1970—1986)
French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Military ranks of the Soviet Union: epaulettes. Illustration published in Murzilka magazine in 1978.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)