Parade of athletes dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the establishing of the Byelorussian SSR. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzherikhin (1934).
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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Pioneers in Artek (#1 pioneer camp in the Soviet Union), 1930s. Notice they have pioneer tie grips rather than pins.
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.
Life in Artek (#1 pioneer camp in the Soviet Union), 1930s.
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.
“Soviet Union Builds Socialism”, book designed by El Lissitzky. Published in 1933 (via)
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.
Pictorial book of the Soviet Union from a 1931 book
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Vintage Soviet candy packaging from the 1930s (via)
Patterned fabrics from early Soviet Union (1920s—1930s) (via)