Winter forest. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Russia, 1950s).
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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Visit the USSR in Winter. Soviet INTURIST poster (1950s)
(Inturist was an organization that invited and assisted foreign tourists in the USSR.)
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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Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s (via)
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
Vintage tea box from the Soviet Union, 1950s ()
I have the very same tea box from my grandparents! I use it as my default box for loose green tea. I love it. Mine has less color left in it though, it’s almost silver. I was quite surprised to find out that it was originally yellow. :)
A picnic in the wild. Soviet Union, 1950s.
Rubber toys from Soviet Union (1950s) (via Vsevolod Ladifyan)
Vintage ads for contraceptives (Soviet Union, 1950s)
Tea time à la Soviet Union—jam, lemon and Crawfish hard candy (early 1950s)
“Visit USSR in the winter” - a Soviet 1950s poster
Pioneers collecting paper for recycling (USSR, 1980s)