Adygean traditional dress, illustration from the book “Traditional Pattern of Adygea” (USSR, 1960)
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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Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
Traditional dress of Soviet ethnicities - vintage stamps (1960-1963)
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Soviet vintage notecard (1984)
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The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Set of 15 vintage stamps commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Union (1957)
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.
Welcome to the Soviet Union! Vintage travel poster (1964)
“I serve the Soviet Union!” Poster by Vladimir Vladimirov (1961)
Cut-out dolls representing the 15 Soviet republics. Published in Estonian children’s magazine “Täheke” (Little Star) in the 1960s.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)