First grader at her school desk. Photo by Antanas Sutkus (Kaunas, Lithuania, 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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Snowball fight. Photo by Aleksandr Abaza (Moscow, 1973).
Children playing in the snow near the Moscow Theater of Young Spectator (1960s)
M. Petrov. Illustration for Nikolai Gribachyov’s “Feeder” (1986)
The Central Telephone Exchange of International Communication. Operators at the telephone console. Photo by M. Gankin (1966).
“Getting Water” by Irina Vorobyova (1961)
Boys. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (Moscow, 1989).
In the metro. Moscow, 1970s.
The First Snow. Photo by Lev Borodulin (1958).
Gorky Street in Moscow. Photo by V. Gumenyuk (1963).
A couple in the little park near Revolution Square metro station in Moscow. The Bolshoi Theater is seen on the background. Photo by Nikolai Rakhmanov (1956).