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.
On the beach of the “Minsk Sea” (Zaslavskoye reservoir), 1973
Drinking kvass from the barrel on the street (USSR, 1970s).
In the summer, local bread factory made kvass and sold it from steel barrels around the city (barrels have a tap). This tradition is still alive in Russia, only barrels are sometimes smaller and made of plastic. Oh and they use single-use plastic cups now instead of glasses.
Another gem I discovered in my box of random vintage records - “She Was Getting Water” by a famous Byelorussian band, Pesnyary (lit. Singers/Poets). It’s a rendition of Belarus folk song.