Maria Nikolayevna Kogochkova and a cat. Photo by Boris Skobeltsyn (1960s)
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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Leningrad (1970)
View from the Lenin Hills in Moscow. Photo by Vyacheslav Bychkov (1988)
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“Happy new school year!” Postcard by V. Begishev (USSR, 1962)
September 1 (Back to school day). Photo by Yuri Zak (Moscow, 1979)
A grocery store in Moscow. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha (1961)
“Stepanida” by Vyacheslav Zhemerikin (1979)
“Malakhovka” by Dmitry Pyatkin (1960)