Rain on the Red Square. Photo by Vladimir Stepanov (1950s).
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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Soviet Union in the early 1950s (Yalta, Moscow) (via)
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.
Tea packaging labels from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Teas were named after their locations: Tseylon tea, Indian tea, Georgian tea, Krasnodar tea (a city in the South of Russia), Azerbaijanian tea, Chinese tea. There was also the name of the tea packaging factory on the back of the pack.
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After a heavy rain. Okhotny Ryad in Moscow. Photo by B. Kosarev (1950s)
After heavy rain in Moscow. Photo by Boris Kosarev (1950s).
“Happy New Year, Comrades!” - vintage Soviet poster featuring Moscow landmarks (1950s)
Rubber toys from Soviet Union (1950s) (via Vsevolod Ladifyan)
Vintage ads for contraceptives (Soviet Union, 1950s)
Soviet Union State Library in Moscow. Banners announce the International Philatelic Exhibition - July 1957 ()
Set of 15 vintage stamps commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Union (1957)