Two flags: Soviet and Russian. Moscow, 8 November 1991.
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.
Soviet Union State Library in Moscow. Banners announce the International Philatelic Exhibition - July 1957 ()
Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)
Verkhospassky Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin, photo by Brian Brake (1955)
View of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square, December 1967. Photo by V. Savostyanov, E. Kassin.
View of the Moscow Kremlin, photo by Brian Brake (1955)
Borovitskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Photo by V. Brukhansky (1970)
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.
Neon lights in the Soviet Union
Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov