Flea market at Moscow Vernissage. Photo by S. Teterin (1990).
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 Flea Market in Novopodrezkovo
I’m back from a long weekend in Moscow where I had a chance to explore local flea markets. So much fun! :) Here are some pictures from the flea market in Novopodrezkovo (in the outskirts of Moscow).
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 ()
Central Telegraph in Moscow decorated for the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (1972)
Two flags: Soviet and Russian. Moscow, 8 November 1991.
“Still Life with Samovar” by Boris Vedernikov (1991)
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.
I ransacked a school and I now have two wooden Lenins (one painted, the other pyrographed), Soviet Union anthem on plexiglas, hand-painted USSR emblem, and a bunch of cardboard-lined school charts. Treasures!!
Elton John in the Soviet Union (May 1979) (via)
Bonus: Elton John: To Russia With Elton (Full DVD)
Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov