Russian Far North. Delivering mail on sleds (1960s).
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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Adygean traditional dress, illustration from the book “Traditional Pattern of Adygea” (USSR, 1960)
Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
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.
“I serve the Soviet Union!” Poster by Vladimir Vladimirov (1961)
Cut-out dolls representing the 15 Soviet republics. Published in Estonian children’s magazine “Täheke” (Little Star) in the 1960s.
Matchbox labels with art for Pavel Bazhov tales (1960s)
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
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Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)