Bogatyryov family taking a walk. Photo by G. Koposov (Suksun, Russia, 1983).
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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Snipers in winter attire. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (USSR, 1950s).
Leninakan (Gyumri) in Armenia. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1960s).
Cheryomushki confectionary plant in Moscow. Photo by Viktor Budan (1983).
Stakhanovite refractory-maker V. Bardakov and his family listen to a gramophone in their apartment (Magnitogorsk, 1936)
Ice cream café (USSR, 1980s)
We had one of those where I lived (called Snezhinka / Snowflake), and my friends and I would go there after school sometimes.
Moscow, 1965
Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1970s)
Pierogi (pie) sellers (USSR 1959)
Alexandrovsky Garden by the walls of Moscow Kremlin (1970s)
Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Leningrad, 1960s)