IL-62 plane in Sheremetyevo airport (1970s)
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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Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
Vintage Soviet poster from the 1970s - USSR anthem lyrics
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Advertising booklet for Aeroflot (the Soviet Airlines) and the IL-18 plane, early 1970s (via)
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.
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Sheremetyevo, an airport in Moscow (1970s)
TU-104 planes are checked up before the flight. Vnukovo airport in Moscow (1950s)
Soviet vintage notecard (1984)
It reads “7 October - the Soviet Union Constirution Day”
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Drinking kvass from the barrel on the street (USSR, 1970s).
In the summer, local bread factory made kvass and sold it from steel barrels around the city (barrels have a tap). This tradition is still alive in Russia, only barrels are sometimes smaller and made of plastic. Oh and they use single-use plastic cups now instead of glasses.
Book covers designed by Leonid Feinberg (USSR, 1920s)