Animal trainer Vladimir Durov and penguins. Photo by Semyon Mishin-Morgenshtern (1960s).
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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The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Vintage ads. ‘Elektron’ television set from the Soviet Union (1960s).
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.
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.
Welcome to the Soviet Union! Vintage travel poster (1964)
November 7 celebrations on the covers of Murzilka (1925-1968). November 7 (the October Revolution Day) was one of the biggest holidays in the Soviet Union with huge celebrations all over the country.
Traditional Russian wooden houses. Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.
May 1—celebrated as the Day of International Solidarity of Workers in the Soviet Union.
Here’s to all of us who work for a living!
Soviet Union in 1966-1967. Photos by Georg Oddner.
A new house on the 9th Five-Year Plan Street in Cheboksary. Photo by Viktor Yershov (1973).