A boy from Chukotka. Photo by Gennady Koposov (March 6, 1966).
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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Cut-out dolls representing the 15 Soviet republics. Published in Estonian children’s magazine “Täheke” (Little Star) in the 1960s.
Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
“Tea is good for growns ups and children. For those who are healthy and those on a diet.” Soviet matchbox label (1962)
I find it interesting that in 1962 in the Soviet Union being on a diet meant you had health problems.
Adygean traditional dress, illustration from the book “Traditional Pattern of Adygea” (USSR, 1960)
Volga girl. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1960s)
The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Nadezhda Vorobyova “Children Outside in the Winter” (1960s)
Winter activities on covers of 1960s Täheke (Little Star), Estonian children’s magazine.
Indigenous peoples of Yakutia, photos by Varfolomei Teterin (USSR, 1964)
(via Sergei Maximishin)
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)