“Toys” by Lara Rybchenkova (1953)
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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Rubber toys from Soviet Union (1950s) (via Vsevolod Ladifyan)
Soviet art. “Before May Day” by Olga Deyneko (early 1950s)
The large letters read 1 May.
Tea packaging labels from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Teas were named after their locations: Tseylon tea, Indian tea, Georgian tea, Krasnodar tea (a city in the South of Russia), Azerbaijanian tea, Chinese tea. There was also the name of the tea packaging factory on the back of the pack.
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Soviet art. Spring by Alexander Deyneka (1950)
Soviet art. “Sevastopol Bay” by Valentin Polyakov (1959).
Soviet art. Fyodor Antonov, “Still Life By The Open Window” (1954)
Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s (via)
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
“Autumn Flowers” by Vera Dovgalevskaya (USSR, 1950s)
Children and their toys (Soviet Union, 1940s-1970s)
Soviet art. “Back to School” by Mikhail Roiter (1956)