“Alyonushka in Tretyakov Gallery” by D. Puskin (1956)
(Alyonushka is a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov)
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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Stone labyrinth on Solovetsky Islands (1985)
Painting pottery in Kiev Arts and Crafts College. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1950s).
Day care in Leningrad, 1976 (via Tatyana Yermakova)
I ransacked a school and I now have two wooden Lenins (one painted, the other pyrographed), Soviet Union anthem on plexiglas, hand-painted USSR emblem, and a bunch of cardboard-lined school charts. Treasures!!
Soviet radios. Covers of instruction booklets (1950s).
“Congratulations with the new school year” - card issued by Moscow Automobile Inspectorate featuring our favourite Gena the Crocodile toy. :)
“The sea is still, there is no storm. There will be fish for dinner.” Linocut by A. Kulakov.