Modern day Belarusian folk costume. Page from “Folk Arts and Applied Arts of Soviet Belarus” (1958).
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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Labour Unions Palace of Culture in Minsk, Belarus. Photo by Naum Granovsky (1950s)
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Eastern pasqueflower in Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus (postcard from 1950s).
Photo by Semyon Fridlyand. Estonia, 1950s.
Young rug makers in Tashkent Professional College (Uzbekistan). Photo by Semyon Fridlyand, 1950s.
Ukraine. Breakfast. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1950s)
Illustration from a Moldavian wine promo booklet (c. 1950s)
Girl in a traditional dress. Postcard by Asta Vender, Estonia (1958)
Minsk, Belarus (1956)
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)