Father with twin daughters. Samotlor oil field, Siberia. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1968).
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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Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
Soviet Union of the 1960s - photography by Vsevolod Tarasevich. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10! (info)
August 9 is Tove Jansson’s birthday! The first photo here is the first of her books ever published in the Soviet Union (Moomins and the Comet Chase). The second photo shows all of her books published in the USSR. Most of her works were published in 1991-1992 - after the Soviet era.
You can find a comprehensive list of all Jansson’s book published in Russian here.
The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
Welcome to the Soviet Union! Vintage travel poster (1964)
November 7 celebrations on the covers of Murzilka (1925-1968). November 7 (the October Revolution Day) was one of the biggest holidays in the Soviet Union with huge celebrations all over the country.
Porcelain tea set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union (1967)
Traditional Russian wooden houses. Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.
Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.