Cat in the window of a grocery store on Nevsky Prospect in Leningrad. Spring of 1987.
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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Izvestia publishing house. Published as a pocket calendar in 1927.
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Pocket calendar published by Abrikosov & Sons (Russia, 1885)
Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by A. Gostev (1982).
Boat by the shore. Kosalma, Karelia. Photo by Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (Russia, summer 1978).
Tourists near cabins on lake Issyk-Kul (Kirghizia, 1970s)
Kizhi, Karelia. Photo by Viktor Ruikovich (Russia, 1972).
At the field. Photo by A. Gostev (Azerbaijan, 1982).
White nights in Leningrad. The Palace Bridge. Photo by B. Rabinovich (June 1972).