Moldavian pastries (1970s)
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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Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
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.
Students taking a commuter train for a KSP song festival. Photos by Igor Shelaputin (April 14, 1979)
KSP—club of amateur song—was a whole thing in the Soviet Union. People all over the country got out of the city, spent nights in tents, played guitars, performed and sang together.
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.
Vintage railroad map of Soviet Union, 1976
In my shop: http://etsy.me/2FdR2IZ
French/Russian pocket phrasebook. This was intended for French-speaking tourists who visited Soviet Union ()
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Military ranks of the Soviet Union: epaulettes. Illustration published in Murzilka magazine in 1978.
Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)