Alexandrovsky Garden by the walls of Moscow Kremlin (1970s)
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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Boarding school in Pushkin. Children reading during their free time after classes. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1956).
Father and children in the car. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Volzhsky, Russia, 1967).
My family had a Volga car just like this one, it had one long seat in the front so I could be there along with mom or grandpa. I loved it! I still remember the pattern and the feel of the upholstery.
1984
Nuclear icebreaker Lenin on porcelain mugs. Top: Leningrad Porcelain Factory. Bottom: Verbilki. Both c. 1957.
Sleet. Children under umbrella. Photo by Antanas Sutkus (Vilnius, 1963).
Photo by Vladimir Kryukov (Moscow, 1973)
Photographer Vladimir Lagranzh (May 4, 1939—January 22, 2022)
Winter in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1979).
Metropol cinema theater in Moscow (1957)
Vacationers playing billiards in the Italian Court of Livada Palace. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha (Crimea, 1930s).