Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)
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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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.
Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
Moscow near the Ostankino tower, 1970s ()
Soviet Union of the 1960s - photography by Vsevolod Tarasevich. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10! (info)
August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second photo shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian here.
Soviet Union State Library in Moscow. Banners announce the International Philatelic Exhibition - July 1957 ()
“The First Soviet Artificial Satellite of the Earth” - monument in Moscow built in 1977, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sputnik.
The Stone Flower fountain at VDNKh, Moscow (1970s)
Taras Shevchenko embankment and the Metro Bridge in Moscow. Photo by V. Yegorov (1970s)
Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov