Selling books in Moscow during WWII. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White (1941)
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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At the field. Photo by A. Gostev (Azerbaijan, 1982).
Kizhi, Karelia. Photo by Viktor Ruikovich (Russia, 1972).
White nights in Leningrad. The Palace Bridge. Photo by B. Rabinovich (June 1972).
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Buying milk in a grocery store in Novokuznetsk. Photo by Vladimir Vorobyov (Kemerovo oblast, Russia, 1983).
“On Kulikovo Field” by Oleg Tikhomirov, illustrated by V. Pertsov (1986)
Bicycle travellers in Moscow oblast, Russia (1985)
All-Union Agricultural Expo. Pavilions of Agriculture, Mechanization, and Animal husbandry.
Illustration by A. Yermolayev, as published in Murzilka in Aug. 1954.
On the beach of Gurzuf, Crimea. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha (1930s).