Riga, Latvia. Photo by Vladimir Ivanets (1960s).
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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Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
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.
Soviet Union of the 1960s - photography by Vsevolod Tarasevich. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10! (info)
The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Porcelain tea set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union (1967)
Welcome to the Soviet Union! Vintage travel poster (1964)
Technology for the Youth, vintage Soviet magazine - 8 issues (1960s)
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Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.
Vintage DIY school help folder (for kids learning to read and count). If you want to play a parent in the Soviet Union and test your cut-and-paste skills, this is your chance. ()
Book covers designed by Leonid Feinberg (USSR, 1920s)