Gorky street after the rain. Photo by Arkady Shaikhet (Moscow, 1938).
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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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 State Library in Moscow. Banners announce the International Philatelic Exhibition - July 1957 ()
Life in Artek (#1 pioneer camp in the Soviet Union), 1930s.
Pioneers in Artek (#1 pioneer camp in the Soviet Union), 1930s. Notice they have pioneer tie grips rather than pins.
Patterned fabrics from early Soviet Union (1920s—1930s) (via)
Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)
Moscow Gorky park in the 1930s (kiosks sell fruit and soft drinks)
May Day relay across the Boulevard Circle of Moscow to celebrate the opening of Volga-Moskva canal. (Vintage poster, USSR 1937.)
Volleyball game at Dinamo stadium in Moscow (1930s)
View of Gorky Street (Tverskaya) and the National Hotel in Moscow (1930s)