Soviet candy wrappers from 1920s
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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Wrappers of Soviet candies from 1920s-30s. NEP-era naming is pure art: “Five Year Plan in Four Years”, “Pioneers”, “Bricks”, “Budyonny”. And then there’s “Mickey Mouse” and “Charlie Chaplin”.
“Cranberry Under Snow” - hard candy wrapper from Soviet Union (1920s)
“Mermaid” - vintage Russian candy bar wrapper. Kazan, 1920s
Vintage ads. Pressed oatmeal commonly known as ‘Hercules’ in Russia (1920s-early 1930s).
Alexander Pushkin’s fairy tales on vintage Soviet chocolate wrappers.
June 6 is Pushkin’s birthday.
Mosselprom (a department store in Moscow) - price list for confections, 1920s
“Demand confections made by state factories of Mosselprom”, Soviet poster (1928)
Vintage ads. Malton milk flour for children. Page from the Women’s Magazine (April 1927)
“Merry Zoo” - vintage hard candy wrappers
Book covers designed by Leonid Feinberg (USSR, 1920s)