A dog on a boat in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1979).
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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Gherman Titov - the second Soviet cosmonaut - started his space flight at 6 am on August 6 and landed at 7.18 am, August 7 (1961).
Obninsk, Russia (late 1970s—early 1980s)
“With our marvelous ‘horse’ we will walk the whole Moon."
Poster by V. Sachkov (USSR, 1970).
“Blue Planets” by Nikolai Vechtomov (1987)
“Three Stars” by Yuri Arbat, cover art by Anatoly Bondarovich (Uzbekistan, 1940).
Katya the paper doll and some of her clothes. Illustrated by Lidia Mayorova (1975).
Sweethearts. Photo by Nina Sviridova and Dmitry Vozdvizhensky (1970)
Airfield welcome. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Kamchatka, 1979).
Boy in traditional Uzbek hat eating watermelon. The hat is called doppa or, in Russian, tyubeteika.
Mountains of Kamchatka, Far East of Russia. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1979).